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Arizona Sonoran News

The buds are dumped into a pot and boiled until they become rubbery. (Photo by: Sammy Minsk/Arizona Sonora News)

Living off the land with the Tohono O’odham tribe

Sammy minsk May 4, 2018

What tastes like a mix between an asparagus and artichoke, has about the same amount of calcium as a glass of milk and is found in the Sonoran Desert? Ciolim, also known as "the cholla bud," is...

Tohono O’odham members and other southern tribe members hang a flag at the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo by Alejandaro Higuera.

For Native Americans, racism hits home

Sarah Covey November 15, 2017

  After over 500 years of broken treaties and forceful domination from European settlers and the U.S. government, Native Americans in Arizona today still face racism in the most intimate part...

2.3m Bok Telescope Tower (Left) and 4m Mayall Telescope Tower on Kitt Peak Photo By: TJ Gibbs/ArizonaSonoraNews

Uncertainty haunts future of Kitt Peak

TJ Gibbs May 11, 2017

The former astronomical hot spot of the world is finding itself in a battle to remain relevant. Kitt Peak National Observatory, located about 55 miles southwest of Tucson, was founded in 1958. It...

A wall within a wall: How Trump's plan affects already divided Tohono O'odham nation

A wall within a wall: How Trump’s plan affects already divided Tohono O’odham nation

Lauren Renteria April 27, 2017

For the Tohono O'odham nation, a border wall already exists, it just hasn’t been built yet. In the desert of southern Arizona, the federally recognized O’odham reservation occupies 4,464 square...

Photo by Yuji Miyaji/ Arizona Sonora News Service

Tohono O’odham Basketry: One of Sells’ richest preserved traditions

Yuji Miyaji September 18, 2015

It can take Terrol Dew Johnson a year to make a basket.There are many reasons for that. He must harvest and prepare the fibers, and then plan the intricate designs that adhere to the rich history of basket...

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