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Group of diverse people celebrating Kwanzaa around a table of jollof rice and fufu with lanterns and a kinara centerpiece

Kwanzaa: A 7-Day Celebration of African Heritage and Unity Across America

Hannah E. Clearwater December 28, 2025

From the day after Christmas to New Year’s Day, a growing 3% of Americans light a seven‑candle fire and share a feast that traces its roots back to...

Elders stand around a petroglyph-covered rock with Shoshone carvings and sunlight overlooking a Utah hillside and blue sky.

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Shoshone Rock Returns to Utah Mountains After Decade-Long Repatriation

Julia N. Fairmont December 22, 2025

A 2,500‑pound petroglyph stone, carved over a thousand years ago by the ancestors of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, has finally been...