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  • Run the land: Native women across the U.S. take to the roads and trails

    Joseph Perez, Cronkite News|Updated Oct 4, 2021

    TUCSON-"Getting lost is the best part of trail running," Marlinda Bedonie said with a chuckle as we shielded our eyes from the morning sun, searching for our cars. We spoke on a recent morning while trekking through Tucson Mountain Park on a mostly flat, single-track loop trail. Dipping in and out of washes and brushing against the creosote along the trail, the Tohono O'odham and Navajo mother and I chatted-out of breath-as we shared our running journeys and spoke about our...

  • One generation away: Diné College fights to keep Navajo culture alive during pandemic

    Joseph Perez, Cronkite News|Updated Jun 7, 2021

    Diné College wasn't Harley Interpreter's first choice for higher education. During summers in high school, at the urging of her elders, she would travel off the Navajo Nation reservation to see what colleges elsewhere had to offer. But the convenience of Diné College-the first accredited college to be tribally controlled-and its proximity to Interpreter's home near Tsaile was too good to pass up. And the longer she attends, her choice makes more sense. As a young Navajo w...

  • Pause on leasing public land for oil and gas extraction draws mixed reaction

    Joseph Perez, Cronkite News|Updated Mar 27, 2021

    PHOENIX-Land, and specifically what to do with land, has been among the most divisive topics in U.S. history since the arrival of European settlers. More than 500 years later, little has changed. On Jan. 20, the Biden administration ordered a 60-day pause on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters after environmental activists sent a letter urging the administration to issue a permanent ban rather than a temporary one. The order prompted an array of reactions, with...

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