2018
09
Oct
All Pueblo Council of Governors Takes Case for Chaco Protection to DC
Commentary: All Pueblo Council of Governors Takes Case for Chaco Protection to DC
Whether it is through the BLM and BIA management plan, the proposed federal legislation, or both, we want decision makers in D.C. to know that just as the United States takes great care to preserve churches, we would ...
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2018
18
Sep
BLM to Host Public Meetings on Bears Ears
BLM to Host Public Meetings on Bears Ears
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service will host three public meetings in Utah as part of the planning process for the Bears Ears National Monument. The draft management plans for the Shash Jáa and Indian Creek units and associated environme...
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2018
04
Sep
A Zuni Ahayuda Goes Home
A Zuni Ahayuda Goes Home
For four decades, the Zuni tribe has scoured the world looking to reclaim its war god idols [sic]. While most are found in southwest museums, one was found at Albion College. The war god—also known as an Ahayuda—is being returned to the Zuni, a southwestern U.S. Native ...
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2018
28
Aug
Understanding the Chaco World
New Paper: Chaco Social Networks
Migration was a key social process contributing to the creation of the ‘Chaco World’ between AD 800 and 1200. Dynamic social network analysis allows for evaluation of several migration scenarios, and demonstrates that Chaco’s earliest ninth-century networks sh...
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2016
10
Jan
Expiration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Was Also an Assault on Public Lands
Expiration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Was Also an Assault on Public Lands
When armed men shut down the 107-year-old Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the sagebrush steppes of the northern Great Basin on Saturday, their anti-government anger put federal management of public lands in...
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2015
08
Nov
Crow Canyon's Village Ecodynamics Project Clarifies Understanding of Mesa Verde
Crow Canyon's Village Ecodynamics Project Clarifies Understanding of Mesa Verde
Vultures carve lazy circles in the sky as a stream of tourists marches down a walkway into Colorado's Spruce Canyon. Watching their steps, the visitors file along a series of switchbacks leading to one of the more impro...
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