{"id":43404,"date":"2023-10-12T13:46:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=43404"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T21:45:16","slug":"the-cost-of-free-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-cost-of-free-land\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Free Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3085232658\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.13.23 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>At the turn of the 20th century, Rebecca Clarren\u2019s ancestors fled antisemitism in Russia to start new lives in America, where they became homesteaders on lands the U.S. government stole from the Lakota people. In her new book, \u201cThe Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance,\u201d Clarren offers an intimate look at how her family benefitted from that stolen land and explores acts of reconciliation and repatriation that are embedded in family and culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correspondent:<\/strong>&nbsp;Laura Paskus&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong>&nbsp;Rebecca Clarren, author, \u201cThe Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6320051\/myth-american-inheritance-lakota-nation-essay\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_term=ideas_&amp;linkId=239496550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>My Mythic American Inheritance<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 TIME<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10.13.23 \u2013 At the turn of the 20th century, Rebecca Clarren\u2019s ancestors fled antisemitism in Russia to start new lives in America, where they became homesteaders on lands the U.S. government stole from the Lakota people. 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