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Preparing blue corn for atole.
Taos, New Mexico

Tiwa Kitchen

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.
Fort Dobbs Historic Site.
Statesville, North Carolina

Fort Dobbs

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.
Shorakkopoch Rock.
New York, New York

Shorakkopoch Rock

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.
The state has decided that it's time to revisit its historic plaques.
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Michigan Is Trying to Make Its Historic Markers More Accurate and Less Racist

It can take a lot of time—and some heavy bureaucratic lifting—to tell an honest story about a state's past.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 28, 2019
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Merquén

In Chile's central Araucanía region, the indigenous Mapuche community still makes this smoky spice blend.
Burial site.
White Pigeon, Michigan

Wahbememe Burial Site and Monument

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.
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North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash

Bred by members of the Cherokee Nation, this heirloom American squash gets sweeter in storage.
The kiva at Chaco Canyon was the site of political meetings and spiritual gatherings.
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Ancient Fingerprints Help Unravel Just Who Was Making Pots at Chaco Canyon

New research shows it wasn't as gendered as once thought.
Jonathan Carey June 5, 2019
A page of the Navajo Treaty from the copy in the National Archives.
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The Historic Treaty That Ended Navajo Imprisonment Has Been Returned

One of just two copies thought to survive is back in Navajo Nation.
Evan Nicole Brown June 4, 2019
Richard Ligon's map of Barbados, perfect for a round of livestock-themed "I Spy."
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Solved: The 300-Year-Old Mystery of Barbados's Pigs

Spoiler alert: They were probably peccaries.
Reina Gattuso May 31, 2019
Santa Barbara, California

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.
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Chumuth

Tohono O’odham cooks finish these hand-stretched, buttery tortillas over a hot stone disc.
General view of the cemetery.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Mission Creek Cemetery

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.
Spirit path: "Over Mountain."
Menlo Park, California

The Great Spirit Path

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.
Gray and Yellowfly standing beside one of the interferometer at LIGO's 2.5-mile-long arms.
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Meet the Mother-Son Duo Translating Astrophysics Into Blackfoot

Corey Gray and Sharon Yellowfly want to bring gravitational wave astronomy to speakers of the language.
Sabrina Imbler April 19, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Pueblo Bread

Baked in traditional adobe hornos, this bread is a staple of the American Southwest's Native Pueblo people.
Researchers recreated Wari chicha.
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How Breweries Helped Keep This Pre-Columbian Empire Together

Researchers recreated Wari chicha for science and happy hour.
Reina Gattuso April 18, 2019
Baker, California

Travelers Monument

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.