From waffle gardens to terraces, Indigenous groups revive farming heritage in America’s deserts

Mongabay
Nov 18, 2025, 11:15 am110 pts
In 1985, with two young daughters and little money, Roxanne Swentzell, a Native American sculptor and ceramic artist, returned from her studies in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, to her Santa Clara Pueblo community in New Mexico state. Her art was years away from producing real income, so she took to the…

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