Amy Gamerman’s new book examines attempts to block the energy transition in Montana’s Crazy Mountains.
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Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
The passion of the Mormon feminist
For 50 years, ‘Exponent II‘ has made the LDS Church squirm. It has no plans to stop.
Posted inNovember 2024: The Once and Future Prairie
In Washington’s Yakima Valley, quinceañeras connect people and place
Teens are making the tradition their own with high-top sneakers, glowing dresses and Tiktok dances.
Posted inNovember 2024: The Once and Future Prairie
Tenis, vestidos brillantes, y bailes de TikTok
En el Valle de Yakima, las jóvenes hacen suya la tradición quinceañera.
Posted inNovember 2024: The Once and Future Prairie
Pam Houston has things to say about abortion
The author’s new book is an unflinching treatise on Roe v. Wade and life post-Dobbs.
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Befriending wildfire
A new book from Obi Kaufmann illustrates the reciprocal connection between California ecosystems and fire.
Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
‘Rez Ball’ is no easy feat, but Indigenous communities win in the end
The latest Indigenous Netflix film shows the challenges of Native life through the culture of rez ball.
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Reservation Dogs is finally up for the recognition it deserves
Producer and writer, Migizi Pensoneau, ‘brings the realness’ to Emmy voters.
Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
Indigenous people deserve gushy romance novels
‘The Truth According to Ember’ is a summer rom-com about Native people learning to be their authentic selves.
Posted inJuly 2024
A new documentary confronts water scarcity in the West
In Mirasol: Looking at the Sun, Colorado farmers fight to save their communities.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
New York’s Whitney Biennial turns its attention to the West
Contemporary artists and Western aesthetics get their due with ‘Western art’ for the 21st century.
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Satirizing gentrification in ‘The Curse’
Avant-garde entertainment’s new topic of interest: urban transformation in the American Southwest.
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Who are the real Black superheroes?
A photo exhibition captures the courage of Mamie Till surrounding the lynching of her son, Emmett Till.
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‘Frybread Face and Me’ shows the complexity of Indigeneity
Billy Luther’s new coming-of-age film shows characters grappling with city life juxtaposed against the reservation.
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The era of the Black Western has arrived. Is it here to stay?
The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity.
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A new film asks: how do you make art in a city you can’t afford?
‘Fantasy A Gets a Mattress’ is a dark, surreal, fun adventure that deals with themes of eviction, homelessness and disability.
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Grief, girls and the gross in Vauhini Vara’s new collection
‘This Is Salvaged’ considers what unites, including death and survival.
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What downwinders inherited at Trinity
In the days of ’Oppenheimer,’ an exhibition advocates expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Posted inAugust 1, 2023: In the Line of Fire
Consoling spirits
A visit to the sacred Ireichō at the Japanese American National Museum.
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A bumpy, interesting ride in ‘The Unknown Country’
The film’s exploration of ‘Middle America’ is at its best when it lets Lily Gladstone take the wheel.