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Current Issue
April 1, 2021
In this issue, we bring you not one but two feature stories: The first dives into the Chinook Nation’s century-long battle for federal recognition, while the second looks at how a proposed land exchange in McCall, Idaho, pushed the locals to seek new ways to preserve public access. In reportage, we learn how Colorado gets stuck with the cleanup bill when energy companies abandon old oil and gas wells. The Biden administration faces major decisions on issues affecting tribal lands and water, and a new report focuses on internet infrastructure in Indian Country. With traditional sources of conservation funding dwindling, we ponder a difficult question: Who should pay to preserve the West’s land and wildlife? Elsewhere, we discuss Montana’s new anti-trans legislation and delve into the shadowy history of Albuquerque’s racist housing market. Our “Facts and Figures” department explains how the West’s unusua
Nighthawk Press (2020, 177 pp.)
Conversations beginning with Where are you from? don t interest these authors, longtime Taoseños Richard and Annette Rubin. They have moved beyond worrying about who is Native, born here or carpetbagger, and after 50 years in New Mexico working as physician (Richard), educators and community activists, the couple affirm rather, that identity includes consciousness as well as origin facts.
Usefulness, then, is their theme, and this honest work is about sharing the fruits of one s labor with community. Or, as Rumi is quoted in an epigraph: The heart is cooking a pot of food for you. Be patient until it is ready.