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Episode 158: Carlisle of the West
Episode 158
In 1893, the Phoenix Indian School set up its outing system, directly inspired by Pratt’s program at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The Phoenix system was d…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 157: Forced Assimilation
Episode 157
Amerindian students who were forced to attend the Phoenix Indian School at the turn of the 20th century found themselves in a hostile alien environme…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 156: Peaceably If They Will, Forcibly If They Must
Episode 156
In 1880s, the U.S. government embarked on a course of cultural genocide against the Amerindians. Their weapon of choice of was a rigorous education s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 155: Mexican or Mexican
Episode 155
As economic and political forces transformed the border, new social dynamics began to emerge. This meant anything from a spirit of binational coopera…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 154: Along the Border
Episode 154
The economic forces transforming Sonora and the rest of northern Mexico also created complex issues that we still grapple with today and something in…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 153: The Yankees of Mexico
Episode 153
In 1876 a new regime came to power in Mexico that aimed to industrialize by inviting American businesses to invest in the country. Up in Sonora, that…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 152: Those Old Yellow Dog Days
Episode 152
Arizona’s frontier journalists really were a group of dogs trying to snatch up the same bone. And when the other dogs got too close to that bone, the…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 151: A Perilous, Precarious, and Thankless Task
Episode 151
Frontier newspaper editors had a flare for being bombastic and optimistic. However, the reality was that newspaper work was a grind and not one that …
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 150: Arizona's Fourth Estate
Episode 150
Witnessing all the key events happening in the history of Arizona were territorial newspapers; small, often political journals that had their hey day…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 149: Baca Float No. 3
Episode 149
As the 19th century turned into the 20th century, it was time to settle some long-standing questions of land ownership that dated back to the beginni…
2 years, 8 months ago