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The Comeback Of The Southwest Peach

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:14:56
Publish Date: 2024-12-06 08:00:59
Description: 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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