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Reconciling with the past through place and story

Aerial view of trees and snowy ground.

February 12, 2021 – Snap open a map and read the place names listed across the landscape. Those words—the place names on the map—are decided by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a federal agency created more than a century ago to standardize place names throughout the United States.   But the world outside is different…

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Cochiti Pueblo Opposes Bandelier Bill

A platform sits in a shady area of a rocky structure.

January 8, 2021 – Public lands in New Mexico hold different meanings for different people, including each of the state’s American Indian tribes. On this month’s episode of Our Land, we look back to a 2020 conversation between correspondent Laura Paskus and Eugene Herrera, former governor of the Pueblo of Cochiti.   Herrera spoke about the…

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