Thursday, June 8, 2023

Today, we hear from our regional partner at KUNC, who takes us to the Yampa River, a major tributary of the Colorado River and one of the West’s only undammed waterways. Plus, we hear from our partners at KSJD about the Ute Mountain Ute tribe’s annual Bear Dance in Towaoc, Colorado. We also hear from KJZZ about Indigenous communities’ responses to Arizona’s recent funding for psychedelic research.

//Photo: Psilocybin mushrooms, such as the Liberty Cap mushroom pictured, have been used by Indigenous communities in North America for thousands of years. Courtesy of Lukas Large via Flickr.

//Show Notes:

//KUNC: This wild river is a ‘roller coaster ride’ as the West replenishes its reservoirs
https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-06-08/this-wild-river-is-a-roller-coaster-ride-as-the-west-replenishes-its-reservoirs

//KJZZ: Why some indigenous people are not happy with the proliferation of psychedelic drugs
https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1848713/why-some-indigenous-people-are-not-happy-proliferation-psychedelic-drugs?_ga=2.192988840.480459434.1685999148-120176561.1685470073