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Maria Parazo Rose

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Indigenous people rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of COP29

by Maria Parazo Rose April 22, 2024August 8, 2024

The next international climate meeting could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders call for a moratorium before it’s too late.

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How states make money off tribal lands

by Anna V. Smith and Maria Parazo Rose February 28, 2024March 22, 2024

Ten states own 1.6 million acres of land within 83 tribal nations’ reservations. How did they get there?

New Mexico State University, as seen in an aerial view, is a land-grant school founded in 1888.
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Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.

by Tristan Ahtone, Robert Lee, Amanda Tachine, An Garagiola, Audrianna Goodwin, Maria Parazo Rose and Clayton Aldern February 7, 2024February 7, 2024

Extractive industries are filling public university coffers on stolen land.

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The National Park Service’s efforts to protect Quitobaquito Springs almost destroyed it

by Maria Parazo Rose and Daniel Penner October 16, 2023January 24, 2024

‘Indigenous presence is vital to the stewardship of the land.’

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