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The Return of Indian Island

Season 1 Episode 8 | 8m 46s

From KEET in California: Indian Island has long been the center of the Wiyot tribe’s spiritual universe. In 1860, however, settlers from Eureka paddled across Humboldt Bay in the middle of the night to massacre women and children on the island who’d come out to conduct the World Renewal Ceremony. The city voted in December 2018 to finally return the island to the Wiyot people.

Aired: 11/05/19
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A look at urban renewal through the lens of a small African-American neighborhood.
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How economic forces transformed Alaska into one of our most diverse states.
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A water crisis led to the Lake Erie Bill of Rights and prompted a push for new solutions.
People with intellectual disabilities have a history of exclusion that lingers today.
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