When the nation’s newest national monument — New Mexico’s El Malpais — was signed into being by President Reagan in 1987, the 20-year battle to preserve the state’s lavaland was lauded by New Mexico politicians and wilderness groups. But the neighboring Acoma Tribe was quiet. For two years it has objected to some of the […]
Patricia Guthrie
Posted inNovember 9, 1987: Acoma Indians protest a proposed national monument in New Mexico
Acoma Indians protest a proposed national monument in New Mexico
The Acoma Indian tribe doesn’t want El Malpais, its ancestral ground, to be wilderness. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.21/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inMarch 16, 1987: The wild horse: Feral pest or living history?
Navajo leader MacDonald shuts reservation’s newspaper
Six weeks after he said, “I have returned to serve my people,” Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald shocked many by closing down a newspaper. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.5/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Posted inApril 1, 1985: A New Mexico uranium town wonders how far it will fall
A New Mexico uranium town wonders how far it will fall
Grants Pass, N.M., was a thriving town built on the uranium boom that peaked in 1980. But in the wake of the uranium bust, businesses are hurting and unemployment has hit 25 percent. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/17.6/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E