Over 500 women are running for major political office this fall, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. In the past year, revelations of widespread sexual harassment in industry and politics spawned the #MeToo movement, inspiring women to seek higher office in record numbers this …
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5 Leading Native American Artists Working in Turquoise
The Pickle Barrel Trading Post in Globe represents some of the best Native American artisans working in the Southwest today. Incorporating Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and working in a variety of mediums including silver, copper and other precious stones, these artisans produce outstanding work. We asked Darin Lowery at the Pickle …
Read More »Dr. Thea Wilshire Retires as San Carlos Apache Wellness Center Clinical Director
By *Teresa Noise. Apache Messenger On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the San Carlos Apache Wellness Center said goodbye to its Clinical Director, Dr. Thea Wilshire, with a farewell banquet. Dr. Wilshire was responsible for the clinical services for the Wellness Center, including all therapeutic day services. She has 21 years …
Read More »The Winchester, Part 1
The Winchester Rifle Model 1873 was “The gun that won the West.” At least, that’s what I read in one of the opening frames of the movie, Winchester 73, a classic black and white Western from 1950 staring Jimmy Stewart. In the film, a special “One of One Thousand” version …
Read More »A Look Back on Miami History through the “Great Carnack Q & A”
During last night’s Centennial dinner celebrating Miami’s 100th anniversary, Miami alum, Mike Terrill, presented the audience with a look back on Miami’s history through a Q&A session where he provided the answer and looked for the question. He titled his portion of the Centennial Dinner, “The Great Carnack Question and …
Read More »The Linotype
It may be hard to believe that the hulking piece of machinery now on display at Bullion Plaza Museum was once praised by Thomas Edison as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World” and inspired John Hendel writing for The Atlantic magazine that, “…to embark on Linotype – was to embark …
Read More »Arizona’s Deadliest Gunfight: Draft resistance and tragedy 1918
TUCSON- On a cold winter morning, Jeff Power was lighting a fire in his remote Arizona cabin when he heard a noise, grabbed his rifle, and walked out the front door. Someone in the dark shouted, “Throw up your hands!” Shots rang out from inside and outside the cabin, and …
Read More »Miami, Arizona Celebrates its Centennial
Miami, Arizona will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this month and on Saturday, March 10th, the Miami Centennial Committee has planned a gala line up of events inside Bullion Plaza Museum‘s gymnasium to ring in the next 100 years. Activities will include a dedication of a new lighting project at the museum, …
Read More »San Carlos Tribe prepares for future with new College
Five years ago, a man had a vision of an upwardly mobile people with their own college, respect for tradition and a strong sense of cultural identity. The tiny plant that grew from the seeds of that vision poked its head above the soil last month with the opening of …
Read More »Water is Life: A mural speaks truth.
(First published on May 31 2014) Native artists bring a message to San Carlos in a mural Thanks to three young Native artists and a grant from a national organization affiliated with world-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey, an eleven and a half foot mural of an Apache woman now stands behind the …
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