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March 29, 2021
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February 25, 2021
Morino Baca, a Native American graduate student in public health, works on an archaeology project in Pueblo de Abiquiú, 20 miles from Española in New Mexico where he grew up. At left, UC Berkeley student Jasper Sundeen. (Photo by Danny Sosa Aguilar)

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