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Ocean Power

The critical importance of weather and climate to native desert peoples is reflected with grace a...

Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth & My Mother

Her blood is both Aryan and Aztec and runs as deep as the waters between two worlds.

Where Clouds Are Formed

Ofelia Zepeda is a Native American poet who possesses a kind of double vision. She sees the conte...

The Osage Rose

Corrupt lawmen, insatiable businessmen, and an oil boom on Indian land. This is the milieu in whi...

The Good Rainbow Road

Therapeutic Nations

Therapeutic Nations is one of the first books to demonstrate trauma's wide-ranging historical ori...

Between Two Fires

From a fire policy of prevention at all costs to today's restored burning, Between Two Fires is A...

The Life-Giving Stone

A simple food-preparation device reveals complexities of an ancient culture. In this careful inve...

X/Ex/Exis

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...