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Tending Nature
A Return to Heirloom Corn Unpacks Powerful Cultural Histories
A growing number of seed programs is atempting to connect Indigenous communities back to traditional ecological knowledge, while encouraging healthy diets and sustainable farming practices for all.

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Tending Nature
5 Indigenous Stories to Help Us Reckon with the Past and Honor Native Peoples
Here are a few programs and articles we recommend to help center your Thanksgiving celebration on honoring and amplifying Native stories, seeking truth about our history, and acknowledging Indigenous presence and wisdom.

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Tending Nature
Reclaiming, Restoring and Preserving Indigenous Relationships
The third and final season of “Tending Nature” emphasizes a reciprocal relationship between human and land, acknowledging Indigenous presence, and respecting natural resources.

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S3 E4: Cultivating Native Foodways with the Cultural Conservancy
The Cultural Conservancy, an inter-tribal organization, is revitalizing indigenous knowledge by inviting people to re-engage with the land, honor heirloom seeds, grow clean food and medicines, and decolonizing their foodways.

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Earth Focus
Harry Reid’s lowercase 'green new deal'
"The New West and the Politics of the Environment," a feature-length documentary for the public television environmental news magazine “Earth Focus,” makes the case for placing former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Nevada at the center of a green new deal.

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Earth Focus
Opinion: Vote as if the Climate and the Future of Humanity Depend on It — Because They Do
Captain Trump wants to steer us straight onto the rocks. This election is humanity’s last shot to prevent utter climate catastrophe.

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Moapa Solar Plant Addressed Injustice, Economy and Energy
Behind-the-scenes negotiations helped establish the Moapa transition from coal to solar.

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Black Rock-High Rock: The Negotiation Behind Conservation
A proposal to protect Nevada’s Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon received much criticism.

Earth Focus
How SNPLMA Wove Urban Las Vegas Back Into the Environment
The legislation helped balance urban growth in Las Vegas with environmental conservation.

Earth Focus
Sen. Cortez Masto's Pursuit of a Green Economy
Cortez Masto has a goal to grow a clean energy economy that includes jobs for the future.