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A cartography of loss in the Borderlands

by Caroline Tracey February 21, 2024March 11, 2024

Mexicali’s Colorado River Family Album documents what is no more.

Jill McDonough
Posted inJanuary 11, 2024: The Creatures in Our Midst

Still Dead

by Jill McDonough February 1, 2024February 5, 2024

A poem by Jill McDonough.

Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024

Natural Histrionics

by Adam O. Davis January 1, 2024February 5, 2024

A poem by Adam O. Davis.

High Country News covers of 2023.
Posted inArticles

Know the West, cover by cover

by High Country News December 29, 2023January 31, 2024

High Country News informs and inspires, and the magazine’s covers are part of the reason why. Here’s a peek into our process.

Benny (Keir Tallman) in “Frybread Face and Me.”
Posted inArticles

‘Frybread Face and Me’ shows the complexity of Indigeneity

by Jason Asenap December 19, 2023February 6, 2024

Billy Luther’s new coming-of-age film shows characters grappling with city life juxtaposed against the reservation.

Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023

[Antedesolate: On the Western Set of Pioneer Town, California: How to Be a Black Cowboy]

by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith December 1, 2023January 31, 2024

A poem by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith.

An artist’s rendering showing one possible location for the chorizo shaped sculpture that will honor Tucson's shared Mexican and Chinese heritage.
Posted inArticles

A sausage fusing Chinese and Mexican cultures is spicing up Tucson

by Reia Li November 16, 2023January 31, 2024

The Chinese Chorizo Festival is excavating buried histories of immigrant solidarity.

Bass Reeves, the first Black man to serve as a U.S. deputy marshall west of the Mississippi River.
Posted inArticles

The era of the Black Western has arrived. Is it here to stay?

by Alaina E. Roberts November 10, 2023January 31, 2024

The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity.

Freeskier Lily Bradley in the new ski film, “People Like Us.”
Posted inArticles

Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film

by Ollie Hancock November 2, 2023January 31, 2024

In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.

Posted inNovember 1, 2023: November 1, 2023

Contemplating Cormac McCarthy

by Sterling HolyWhiteMountain November 1, 2023January 24, 2024

On pain specific to America and artistic influence.

Posted inNovember 1, 2023: November 1, 2023

Gold Ring

by Cecily Parks November 1, 2023February 5, 2024

A poem by Cecily Parks.

“One of the biggest things for me was that I wanted to be able to highlight the story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman because it’s one of the very important stories related to buffalo,” said Two Bulls.
Posted inArticles

The new film ‘Tatanka’ and the many narratives of the buffalo

by Taylar Dawn Stagner October 30, 2023January 24, 2024

Oglala Lakota Richard Two Bulls discusses his new project, which documents the restoration of the buffalo and the revival of a language.

Fantasy A as himself.
Posted inArticles

A new film asks: how do you make art in a city you can’t afford?

by Natalia Mesa October 18, 2023January 24, 2024

‘Fantasy A Gets a Mattress’ is a dark, surreal, fun adventure that deals with themes of eviction, homelessness and disability.

Clean Wash Center and sideshow remnants at golden hour, Excelsior, March 26, 2020.
Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry

A Hxstory of Renting

by Erina Alejo October 2, 2023January 24, 2024

Using art to preserve what gets lost when a community gentrifies.

Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry

Statement of Purpose

by Erin Marie Lynch October 2, 2023February 5, 2024

A poem by Erin Marie Lynch.

Posted inOctober 2, 2023: The Dark Side of the Sheepherding Industry

Slowing down the pace of childhood

by Nina McConigley September 26, 2023January 24, 2024

How can you teach kids to appreciate slowness in a speeded-up world?

Tribal Chairman James Phoenix said that Burning Man creates challenges for the nearby Paiute Pyramid Lake Tribe, including low-flying aircraft dipping into the water of Pyramid Lake.
Posted inArticles

What are the real impacts on Burning Man’s playa?

by Ollie Hancock September 12, 2023January 24, 2024

Viral attention on Black Rock City’s annual festival highlight environmental consequences.

Posted inSeptember 1, 2023: Food Justice

My beloved lemon squeezer

by Marie Myung-Ok Lee September 1, 2023January 24, 2024

A simple tool becomes a form of self-defense.

Posted inSeptember 1, 2023: Food Justice

Revisiting the Rock Springs Massacre

by Teow Lim Goh September 1, 2023January 24, 2024

In 1885, white coal miners in Wyoming Territory, murdered at least 28 Chinese men and ran the rest of the Chinese out of town at gunpoint. These artworks bring that history back to the present.

Posted inSeptember 1, 2023: Food Justice

Unsettling the Oregon Trail

by Kevin Craft September 1, 2023February 5, 2024

A poem by Kevin Craft.

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