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History: The Politics of Water
New Mexico has the longest continuously traceable history of human water use in the United States. Although we probably will never understand the specific origins of irrigation and flood-control practices in North America, we do know that the organized manipulation of water resources in New Mexico spans back to at least 800 A.D. and the…
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Shinto History
Shinto has been a major part of Japanese life and culture throughout the country’s history, but for the greater part of that history Shinto has shared its spiritual, cultural, and political roles with Buddhism and Confucianism. Click here to read a brief history of Shinto.