The protected Cementerio Del Barrio de los Lipanes is being reactivated through programming that is designed to acknowledge Indigenous presence in the Chihuahuan Desert, and broader borderlands that surround it. Photo courtesy of Big Bend Conservation Alliance 

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How can we create Native stewardship of these important lands so they are back in the appropriate hands?

Indigenous project leaders—Oscar Rodriguez, left, Roberto Lujan, center, and Xoxi Nayapiltzin, right,—speak at the protection project celebration. Photo courtesy of Big Bend Conservation Alliance 

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Signage authored by Dr. Koyana Nakaya Flotte—a descendent and member of the Lipan Apache Tribe—offers interpretation, wayfinding, and history of the sacred site. Ndé, the Lipan Apache language, is included alongside Spanish and English. Photo courtesy of Big Bend Conservation Alliance 

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Matachines de Santa Teresa de Jesus de Presidio Texas dance at the protection project celebration. Photo courtesy of Big Bend Conservation Alliance 

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With support from the Mellon Foundation, a multi-year project to reclaim and restore El Cementerio Del Barrio de los Lipanes, or the Cemetery of the Lipan Neighborhood, was recently completed.

El Cementerio Del Barrio de los Lipanes Reclamation

The protected Cementerio Del Barrio de los Lipanes. Video: MASS Architects courtesy of Big Bend Conservation Alliance

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In Far West Texas, a Sacred Burial Site is Reclaimed Through Partnership and Perseverance

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Beyond Incarceration

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Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

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Public Places‚ Public Stories

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Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

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University Everywhere

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