Maria Urquides: Mother of Bilingual Education with Jan Cleere

Virtual AZ, United States

Maria Urquides’ Hispanic background made her the ideal teacher for Arizona’s bilingual schools, although she readily admitted she might go to hell for being ordered to punish students for speaking […]

Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars with Gregory McNamee

Mohave Community College - Bullhead City Hargrove Library 3400 HWY 95 - 700 Building, Bullhead City, AZ, United States

Their names resound in Arizona history and pepper the of the state map, but few people know well the tangled history that surrounds the so-called “Apache Wars”, when fully half […]

Seeing the Desert with Gregory McNamee

Mohave County Library District - Lake Havasu City Branch Community Rooms A/B 1770 McCulloch Blvd, Lake Havasu City, AZ, United States

Most Arizonans are not originally from Arizona, and most come from places that are far greener and milder of climate than our desert. For many of us, it takes a […]

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Seeing the Desert with Gregory McNamee

Maricopa County Library - Ed Robson Branch 9330 East Riggs Road, Sun Lakes, United States

Most Arizonans are not originally from Arizona, and most come from places that are far greener and milder of climate than our desert. For many of us, it takes a […]

Arizona Snake Oil Salesmen, Scams, and Hoaxes with Christine Reid

Buckeye Valley Museum - 116 E. MC85, Buckeye, AZ 85326 116 East MC85, Buckeye

Entrepreneurs offering assorted “get rich quick” schemes and “cure-alls” have visited Arizona since the early days. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory, limited law enforcement and communication, […]

Arizona Water Use from Prehistory to the Present with Jim Turner

Chandler Gilbert Community College - PAC Auditorium 2626 E Pecos Road, Chandler, Arizona

This presentation covers humankind’s water use and food supply interactions with Arizona’s ecology from Clovis culture hunter-gatherers to prehistoric irrigation canals, contemporary Hopi and Tohono O’odham dry farming, and present-day […]

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