Maria Parazo Rose, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Maria Parazo Rose, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 How states make money off tribal lands https://www.hcn.org/articles/how-states-make-money-off-tribal-lands/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322974

Ten states own 1.6 million acres of land within 83 tribal nations’ reservations. How did they get there?

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]]> 322974 Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy. https://www.hcn.org/articles/stolen-indigenous-land-is-the-foundation-of-the-land-grant-university-system-climate-change-is-its-legacy/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:40:04 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322213 New Mexico State University, as seen in an aerial view, is a land-grant school founded in 1888.

Extractive industries are filling public university coffers on stolen land.

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]]> 322213 The National Park Service’s efforts to protect Quitobaquito Springs almost destroyed it https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-national-park-services-efforts-to-protect-quitobaquito-springs-almost-destroyed-it/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/the-national-park-services-efforts-to-protect-quitobaquito-springs-almost-destroyed-it/

‘Indigenous presence is vital to the stewardship of the land.’

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