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The Comeback Of The Southwest Peach
Episode 1180

The Comeback Of The Southwest Peach

Short Wave · NPR

December 6, 202414m 56s

Show Notes

Centuries ago, Southwest tribal nations tended vast orchards of peach trees. But in 1863, thousands of those trees were cut down by the United States government when it ordered the Diné to leave their land as part of the Long Walk. Horticulturalist Reagan Wtysalucy wants to bring that those Southwest peaches back.

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