Illustration series for Grist about the Indigenous history of the American Chestnut Tree. A fungal blight brought on by European colonization wiped out the species. Now a transgenic tree is bring grown. Which raises the question: "what good is bringing back a species without restoring its traditional relationships with the Indigenous people who helped it flourish?
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