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Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena Foundation Jon Cooley kept in touch with his tribal upbringing. His father was an enrolled member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe and lived on the Fort Apache Reservation in eastern Arizona. "I grew up on the rez, so I’m a rez-boy," he admitted. 

This week on Inside Appalachia, we listen to stories from 2021 that tackle everything from the challenges that came with virtual schooling to using poetry to change public perception.

The Ontario County Historical Society has teamed with Canandaigua Record Exchange for a "Retro Vinyl Music Night" event.

Denison Baldwin and Thomas Felts were part of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, ca.1912. This week on the show, we’ll hear an interview with historian Bob Hutton, who recently wrote an article about the Baldwin-Felts gunmen, who did the dirty work of Appalachia’s capitalists, even against their neighbors. We’ll also meet instrument-makers who are determined to find a way, even if it’s using the remnants of a refrigerator box, and women who are using poetry to undercut the wrong ideas ...