(2 Jul 2025)
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Tucson, Arizona - 23 June 2025
1. Tanisha Tucker Lohse and her cousin Maria Francisco pick saguaro fruit, called “bahidaj” in the Tohono O'odham language
2. Tucker Lohse and her cousin Francisco pick saguaro fruit
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanisha Tucker Lohse, Tohono O'odham saguaro harvester:
“What we were taught is when you come out for your first harvest, you take that fruit, your first fruit, you open up, you bless yourself, you put it on your forehead, you put a little bit on your heart, and you taste that first taste of that fruit that's out for the season. And you're just saying thank you, you know, and you're showing respect to the saguaro.”
4. Tucker Lohse opening a saguaro fruit
5. Various of Francisco and Tucker Lohse walking through Saguaro National Park West
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanisha Tucker Lohse, Tohono O'odham saguaro harvester:
"You know, they are family. They are elders, they're, they're humans to us. So we like to, you know, keep that, that tradition going around them because we feel if we're not here to celebrate them and to harvest that, you know, maybe something would happen to them."
7. Tight of saguaro fruit in Saguaro National Park West
8. Tight of bees pollinating saguaro fruit and flowers
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Francisco, Tohono O'odham saguaro harvester:
“We are at the Saguaro National Park West. At one time, this area was full of many, many individuals that came from families, that came from the Tohono O'odham Nation, that came out here to harvest the saguaro fruit."
10. Tucker Lohse picking fruit
11. Tight of picking saguaro fruit
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Francisco, Tohono O'odham saguaro harvester:
“The tool that we use to pick the saguaro, it's called a k'uipud, and it's made of saguaro ribs.”
13. Tucker Lohse and Francisco walking through Saguaro National Park West
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Francisco, Tohono O'odham saguaro harvester:
“So, this is the new year, so after we do the harvesting of the “bahidaj,” there's a wine ceremony. That's to bring the rain.”
15. Francisco and Tucker Lohse picking saguaro fruit
16. Starting fire at a family camp
17. Preparing fruit to make wine
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18. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Francisco, Tohono O'odham saguaro harvester:
“You get all the fruit, you put it in a pot. You just add some water, you do a boiling. You're going to do one boiling and after it first boils, you're going to, it's going to go through two strainings."
19. Wide of boiling fruit
20. Mid of boiling fruit
21. Wide of Francisco straining the fruit
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22. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Francisco, Tohono O'odham saguaro harvester:
"After that, the second straining and then it will be put back on the fire and then we watch it cook. Until, it goes, you'll see it go down and it will, it will start to thicken ... [truncated]
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