KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone
A podcast and radio series, produced by Laurel Morales, that sheds light on American Indian beliefs to better understand our own. Each episode will explore a conflict between what tribes consider sacred and what western culture thinks is fair game. We will take listeners to a different reservation each time.
Latest Episodes
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A developer claims a tourist attraction on the Navajo side of the Grand Canyon would create 3,000 jobs. But four tribes consider the location holy ground.…
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In episode six we travel to the San Carlos Apache reservation, which has shrunk in size five times to accommodate the mining industry. So when Resolution…
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The Navajo Nation is suing the federal government for taking more than 300 sets of human remains from Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The canyon --…
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Each year millions of visitors to the Grand Canyon drive by Red Butte without taking much notice. But for the Havasupai the steep hill is central to their…
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In this episode we travel to the Valley of the Gods in southern Utah. On one of former President Barack Obama’s last days in office he used his authority…
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to build a wall along the 2,000-mile-long U.S.-Mexico border. He remains resolute despite the…
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Last year hundreds of thousands of people from around the world united with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. That…