Articles written by Dr. K. Curtis & D. Schmidt & J. Canfield

Dr. K. Curtis and D. Schmidt and J. Canfield, For the PCN|May 22, 2024

“This is home. This community, this land.” “Land is not just a commodity to be bought and sold.” “They own the land and that's a heritage to their family.” “You’ll never be able to replace the land.” “We're just caretakers. [...] It's all going to last longer than we are.” “Land is everything.” These quotations are a sample of what we have been hearing from Phillips County residents as we visit with them at kitchen tables, ride along in their trucks, and listen at their community meetings. We are a trio of social science researchers from...