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‘Shutter’: Behind Diné Author’s Debut Novel

Book cover for Ramona Emerson's "Shutter."

11.25.2022- Correspondent Antonia Gonzales sits down with a Navajo novelist to talk about her new book ‘Shutter,’ which follows a young woman from the Navajo Nation who becomes a forensic photographer. Author Ramona Emerson also explains why she thinks it’s so important for indigenous people to tell indigenous stories.  Correspondent: Antonia Gonzales Guest: Ramona Emerson,…

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Radon Daughter Art Exhibit Reflects New Mexico’s Uranium Legacy

De Haven Solimon Chaffins poses with Laura Paskus for a picture on set with her artwork displayed on a screen behind them.

11.25.2022 – De Haven Solimon Chaffins grew up living with her grandparents on the Laguna Pueblo. The landscape there shaped her view of the world, the natural landscape and the Jackpile-Paguate Uranium Mine. This week, Chaffins sits down with Our Land Correspondent Laura Paskus to explain how her artwork explores the story of the mine…

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