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for r 27-year-old d nestor it'e mostst important p place in thee homeme. >> o our placenta a is cast the fire a after our b birt. it's the ritual l which joins s to the earth. ifif we all leavave for the ci, rarather than n staying heheree will be no o one who protects this area. and thenen our belieiefs, or language, the entire misak cuculture will be lost. >> nestor wants to do something toto prevent thahat. togetherer with his frfriends m the vivillage, he's s a membef ththe "asociacioion jardin boto las deliciasas". that's an association designed to keep local horticultural traditions alive. everything in the garden is planted inin circles -- - the s are rounund, too. here, they cultivate plants that their ancestors also used: aloe vera, q quinoa and many otothers. every plant here hasas its own spspecial purpose. >> when n women are memenstrua, we takake the seeds s of rue -- ththis helps us against the co. this is a cocold plant. that's whyhy we use it t to tae a fever.r. and this isis canna. it helps f for stomach a aches. we also mamake an ointmement h it t to treat arththrit

letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nestor i specifically about nine individuals who worked towards it self-determination and fight for control of the region. some of these people are generally well known to us like frontier carson. others, like wanting to a navajo late weaver who is now, their stories were lost in history until now. and noticing under their stories show the importance of individual actions even in the midst of a larger military conflict. in the book learning start reviewing library journals and indeed it is history that keeps the reader turning the pages. megan cates nelson is a writer and historian living in lincoln and she has written about the civil war from u.s. western history and american culture several publications including the new york times and the washington post and the smithsonian magazine. she and her ba in history and literature from harvard university printed. dawn: and her phd from the university of iowa. she taught at texas tech university, cal state fullerton, harvard and brown and is also