Reflecting on the life of an iconic Native American who never revealed his true name.
Who was ‘the last wild Indian’?
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Bears Ears a go — but here’s where Obama drew the line
The designation’s concessions are unlikely to appease ardent opponents.
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A tribal coalition wins a monument for Bears Ears
While consensus supporting a designation grew, many Utah politicians argued that the president’s action is an abuse of power.
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How a federal land transfer could give California its key to secession
Fundamental changes in federal land ownership could become more politically feasible than ever.
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House Republicans want to ‘repeal and replace’ the ESA
After attempts to chip away at the law bill by bill, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop says he’d rather scrap the Endangered Species Act altogether.
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The five biggest stories of 2016
From Sagebrush Rebels, to spills and surprise wins.
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What to do if you’re angry about ‘our new corporate overlords’
Regard your wallet as your daily voting booth.
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Trumping up demand
The recent opinion piece by Jonathan Thompson explains very clearly why killing regulations won’t restore energy jobs (“When it comes to energy, Trump’s promises are empty,” HCN, 11/28/16). There must be an increase in demand for oil. Thompson is too good a person to conjure up how Trump will increase demand: He will start a […]
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Taking a long view
I have generally found Peter Friederici’s writings erudite, colorful and informative. Now, having just read, and reread, his essay in the Nov. 28 issue, I add the adjective, confusing (“A Place Between,” HCN, 11/28/16). He believes, as I do, that human activities are largely responsible for Earth’s current climate changes that continue to grow and […]
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Reconciling two views of a Hopi massacre
Native American and European approaches to history still clash.
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Rationalizing coal production
Reading Elizabeth Shogren’s update about the Forest Service’s decision to expand the Somerset Coal Mine (near your office in Paonia), I was a bit stunned to see the following quote from USDA Undersecretary Robert Bonnie: “No one is under the belief that we’re going to immediately change the energy mix starting today. There’s going to […]
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Obama’s mixed impact on endangered species
The administration delisted more species, but ultimately weakened the act itself.
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Obama’s lasting legacies in the West
Under the 44th president, the West re-examined its relationship to energy and the climate.
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The ‘chickenization’ of beef
Obama’s efforts to help small-scale ranchers competing against Big Ag were blocked and ultimately fell short.
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Looking back on Obama
In the dark days of early December, just a month after the election of President-elect Donald Trump, Idaho Conservation League Director Rick Johnson and Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined a couple of hundred folks at Boise’s City Club for a nostalgic celebration. They were being lauded for the passage of the Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness bill, […]
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How Obama began to mend broken tribal relations
Native American leaders say Obama’s legacy is this: He listened.
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HCN gets coal in its stocking — sort of
The magazine throws its annual holiday party and pays a visit to the local coal mine.
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DAPL dispatch; forgotten funds; Obama’s rush to the end
HCN.org news in brief.
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Putrid spillage; New Mexico fisticuffs; the year, in quotes
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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A window into other ways
Thank you so much for publishing Leath Tonino’s “The Anthropological Aesthetic” (HCN, 11/28/16). Reading it was akin to looking in the mirror and reclaiming the deepest part of myself, which I had foolishly gotten too far away from. I spent the late ’80s and early ’90s in a graduate anthropology program at the University of […]