Borderlandia Podcast

Alex La Pierre

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This is a podcast of Borderlandia, a binational organization committed to building public understanding of the borderlands.

Jan 26

An Introduction to Ethnobotany in the Sonoran Desert Talk

For thousands of years, the Indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert have relied on the land’s plants for food, medicine, tools, and ceremonies. Learn how desert plants have shaped daily life, survival, and cultural traditions in this presentation by public historian Alex La Pierre.
Jan 26

Sonora’s Heartland: The Río Sonora Region Talk

Learn about the geographical and historical heart of our neighbor to the south, Sonora, during this compelling intercultural presentation by public historian Alex La Pierre.
Jan 26

Paquimé & Casas Grandes: UNESCO World Heritage Site Talk

Paquimé & Casas Grandes: UNESCO World Heritage Site Talk by Borderlandia co-foundr, Alex La Pierre.
09/09/2023

Transportation & Travel in Spanish Colonial Northern New Spain

How did people get around northern Mexico and the American Southwest hundreds of years ago? That question will be answered in this transportation-focused history podcast with archaeologist Jack S. Williams.
08/26/2023

Traditional Sonoran Desert Foodways

Speaking with archaeologist Jack S. Williams about the cuisine of Sonoran Desert and how it has impacted the foods of the Southwest.
08/12/2023

Poison Tipped Arrows & The Largest Spanish Military Expedition in Sonora

This episode with archaeologist Jack S. Williams covers the Coronel Domingo Elizondo (Regiment of Dragoons of Spain) Expedition in coastal Sonora and Tiburon Island against the Seri (Comcaac) during the 1760s.
07/29/2023

Massacre at the Yuma Crossing, 1781

One of the lesser-known historical happenstances in American Southwestern history is the annihilation of the strategic Spanish outpost in Yuma in 1781 by the Quechans. This event would forever change the course of the expansion of the Spanish colonial empire.
07/15/2023

Archaeology in Tubac

A fascinating conversation with archaeologist Jack S. Williams about his archaeological excavations in Tubac, Arizona. Tubac represents the oldest European settlement in what is now the state of Arizona, founded as a presidio in 1752.
06/29/2023

Spanish Colonial Tubac

Alex La Pierre, director of Borderlandia, talks to archeologist Jack S. Williams about Spanish Colonial Tubac and his fascinating excavations of the adobe fortress in the Sonoran Desert.

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This is a podcast of Borderlandia, a binational organization committed to building public understanding of the borderlands.

Creator

Alex La Pierre
Years Active

2023 - 2026
Episodes

9
Rating

Clean
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