KJZZ's Fronteras Desk: Earth + Bone

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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 e…

KJZZ 91.5FM Phoenix

  • Feb 14, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 7m AVG DURATION
  • 7 EPISODES


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Earth+Bone Episode 7: Navajo Torn Over Grand Canyon Tourist Attraction

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 8:44


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. It's called the confluence -- the place where the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers meet.

Earth+Bone Episode 6: San Carlos Apache Tribe Divided Over Copper Mine

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2017 8:21


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 Copper made plans to develop the largest copper mine in North America here on Oak Flat, land considered sacred ground, many tribal members said enough.

Earth+Bone Episode 5: Navajo Demand Human Remains Be Returned

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2017 7:35


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 -- situated deep in the heart of the Navajo Nation -- is unique. It’s the only national monument that a native community still calls home. But for the Navajo, home isn’t just for its living, it’s where their dead belong as well.

Earth+Bone Episode 4: Havasupai Fight Mining Company To Protect Sacred Land

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2017 7:58


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 belief system. The tribe says a nearby uranium mine threatens this sacred place and its drinking water.

Earth+Bone Episode 3: Utah Lawmakers Plan To 'Trump The Monument'

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2017 8:21


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 to protect a pair of buttes in southern Utah called Bear’s Ears. While some tribal leaders are celebrating the monument designation, many Utahns are protesting. Several lawmakers are lobbying for President Trump to reverse the designation under the rallying cry of “Trump the monument.”

Earth+Bone Episode 2: Tribe Says Wall Would Desecrate Its Sacred Land

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 8:33


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 obstacles that stand in his way. One is the Tohono O’odham, the American Indian tribe that straddles the two countries. Tribal leaders say a wall would desecrate land they believe to be sacred.

Earth+Bone Episode 1: Standing Rock Sioux Galvanizes A Nation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 5:04


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 protest continues as President Trump advances development. The movement has brought a megaphone to the battle between what tribes believe to be sacred and what westerners consider fair game all across the U.S. And it lit a fire under me to compile these stories I’ve been reporting for over a decade in a podcast called Earth And Bone.

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