Wait, Arizona Has a History?
Even Those Who Live In the Grand Canyon State Know Little Of Its Past
“How many people here are natives of Arizona?” asked Flinn Foundation President and CEO Jack Jewett. Only a few hands in the large audience at Tucson’s Hotel Congress, at an event co-presented by Arizona State University, went up. It was a reflection of the transient nature of the state’s population. But it was also, said University of Arizona anthropologist Thomas Sheridan, an affirmative answer to the question that had been presented to a panel of Arizonans with deep ties to the state: Does Arizona history matter today? “The fact that …
