After miles of off-roading and a quarter mile of hiking around a small, rocky river, Ariana La Porte spots it. She fixes her black binoculars to her eyes, moving around the sequoia but never drifting her gaze from the nest. She sees a bundle of twigs and branches swathed together, with green vegetation on the…
One day, three cities, five people. The trip from Douglas to Naco to Nogales is a classic look into the American Southwest. The sun is hot, there is a sea of yellow grass, and each downtown vaguely emanates the Wild West. Along the endless stretches of highway, however, modernity breaks up the timelessness. U.S. Border…
In the heart of cowboy country, Renee Cooper has been on a mission for 22 years. Cooper, Cochise County’s director of the Women, Infants and Children Program and its breastfeeding coordinator, is determined to provide mothers with the support and education necessary to breastfeed. As lead for the Cochise County Breastfeeding Task Force (CCBF), she is…
Consider the ubiquitous sepia portrait of an American Indian, donned in an elaborate headdress, embodying a kind of displaced dignity. This image irks Will Wilson. The stereotypical depiction dates back to Edward S. Curtis, the celebrated photographer of the early 20th century. Curtis created an extensive body of photos intended to portray Native Americans as they actually…
