Navajo Memory Complements Science in Study of Climate Change

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The sand dunes among which Navajos have eked out austere livings for generations are growing fast and becoming mobile as the climate changes, says U.S. Geological Survey geologist Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer, whose interviews with elders and historical research augment her decade-long research on Navajo Nation land.
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[apis_cerana]

Wow...so interesting. I'm in that area sometimes when visiting family, and the landscape is gorgeous -- but I didn't know that so much of it was comprised of dunes. Very cool that the researchers are involving local people; without their help this would not be possible.