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The Tohono O'odham Nation is working to repatriate 40 ancestral graves and ceremonial objects discovered near the Arizona-Mexico border. The tribe's Cultural Affairs Office conducts annual reburials, honoring ancestors and preserving thousands of years of heritage.
A major archaeological discovery in Mexico is reuniting the Tohono O'odham Nation with their ancestors. The tribe is working to repatriate dozens of ancient remains and artifacts found near the border.
A NASA program showed teachers how to teach astronomy while respecting the sacred meaning mountaintop observatories hold for Native Hawaiian and Tohono O'odham communities. Over 10 years, 780 teachers learned to frame science as a human story shaped by many cultures.
Construction workers building a railway in northern Mexico accidentally uncovered an ancient village that reveals surprising connections between cultures separated by today's border. The discovery includes 60 dwellings, ancient burials, and rare petroglyphs that tell the story of a thriving desert community.
When border construction threatened the last U.S. home of the critically endangered Sonoyta mud turtle, an all-volunteer team of scientists mobilized an emergency rescue plan. Now, zoos and wildlife centers across Arizona are opening their doors to save every last turtle.
Indigenous Andeans in Peru have more starch-digesting genes than anyone else on the planet, thanks to 10,000 years of potato farming. This natural adaptation gave them a powerful survival advantage that saved lives across generations.