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Albuquerque’s Indian Boarding School History

A gated off tree with orange pieces of fabric in the branches. This is a sacred site where unmarked graves of Indigenous youth were discovered.

2.18.22 –The city of Albuquerque has been involved in conversations with Pueblos and Tribes since June, when 215 unmarked graves of unidentified Indigenous youth were discovered at the site of a former Indian Boarding School in British Columbia. Correspondent Antonia Gonzales talks with Dr. Theodore Jojola about this difficult history and the current efforts to…

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On the Environment: Matthew Hurteau

Matthew Hurteau sits for an interview in front of screen displaying a burnt forest.

December 31, 2021 – Matthew Hurteau is a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico. He’s an ecologist who studies climate change mitigation and adaptation in forest system. In this essay, he talks about his professional–and personal–relationship with landscapes that have burned in recent wildfires. He explains ways to mitigate…

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