In a bold, propaganda-inspired graphic style with splashy blue and yellow colors, Eric J. García’s new mural, “The Strongest Soft Power in the World,” at the University of Nevada, Reno, champions the…
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Fun times: What was really going on at those Nevada divorce ranches?
Imagine you’ve had enough of your cheating spouse. You’re ready to leave. But it’s 1947. And that means unless your spouse “gives” you a divorce, you’re stuck. Or you could go to…
Carrying on the lineage: Curtis Harnar, wanting young Paiutes to have access to their history, helped get his mother’s 1974 book republished
Nellie Shaw Harnar, a Northern Paiute woman who lived from 1905 to 1985, wrote a book titled Indians of Coo-Yu-Ee Pah (Pyramid Lake): The History of Pyramid Lake Indians in Nevada. It…
Racism’s roots: ‘Origin’ is an excellent drama full of important history lessons
After some bumps in the road—including Netflix dropping the project and producer/director/co-writer Ana DuVernay needing to find alternate funding sources—Origin has finally made it to theaters. It’s an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s…