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Alone but Not Lonely

Humans have always been fascinated by the possibility of extraterrestrial life, often wondering i...

Picturing Sabino

Sabino Canyon, a desert canyon in the American Southwest near Tucson, Arizona, is enjoyed yearly ...

Portable Radio in American Life

As an artifact of culture, the portable radio is an unusual but perfect subject for investigation...

Light As Light

Light As Light is acclaimed poet Simon J. Ortiz's first collection in twenty years. The poems in ...

After and Before the Lightning

Highway 18 between Mission and Okreek, South Dakota, is a stretch of no more than eighteen miles,...

Cardinal in My Window with a Mask on Its Beak

Cardinal in My Window with a Mask on Its Beak takes readers on a journey through poetic portraits...

Main Stalk

"e;Although they are among the most studied people on earth, the Navajo possess a complex phi...

Miracle Hill

"e;It was in the year of 1945 on a cold morning, the third day, in the month of March. A litt...

Secrets from the Center of the World

"e;My house is the red earth; it could be the center of the world."e;This is Navajo count...

Moving from the Margins

Immigration reform. Bilingual education. Affirmative action. Such issues trigger knee-jerk reacti...

Blanket Weaving in the Southwest

Exquisite blankets, sarapes and ponchos handwoven by southwestern peoples are admired throughout ...