History

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Jim Hightower Confronts the 1980s Farm Crisis
"It's the same old story—Reagan helps the rich, and Lord help the rest of us."
Jim Hightower

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Pioneer Letitia Carson Escaped Slavery to Became One of Oregon’s First Farmers
Racial justice advocates work to memorialize the historic homestead of Letitia and her white husband David Carson
Jaclyn Moyer, High Country News

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The Forgotten Victims Downwind of Oppenheimer’s Bomb
How popular narratives obscure the victims of America's first dirty bomb.
Joshua Wheeler & Reto Sterchi

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The Great Spirit (Why I am a Pagan)
Zitkála-Šá, born on the Yankton Indian Reservation in 1876, embraces the religion of her ancestors
Zitkála-Šá

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Will a Century-Old Doctrine Help Preserve Tribal Water Rights in the West?
“While Indian tribes have to determine their water rights for the rest of their future, our cities, towns and counties don’t.”
Scott King, Sierra Nevada Ally

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Finding Common Ground at a Montana Barn Raising
The former Montana House speaker and Missoula mayor reflects on working together across differences
Daniel Kemmis

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Woman’s Wrongs: A Counter-Irritant
Mary Abigail Dodge

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“The Religious Life of the American Indian”: A View from 1911
Ohiyesa aka Charles Eastman
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January 11, 2023
Cultivate an Ecological Conscience
Be one with nature, don’t conquer it
Aldo Leopold

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January 5, 2023
Wisconsin’s Forests: Destroyed, Now Reborn
The past, present and future of Wisconsin's public lands
Mike Dombeck

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December 9, 2022
“Baptism in Nature’s Warm Heart”: John Muir’s Arrival in Wisconsin
Muir's awe-stricken account of Wisconsin's natural life
John Muir

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