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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most ...
The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...
For members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the centuries-old sacred harvest of saguaro fruit from the desert around Tucson is ...
Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025.
Clayborne Thomas, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, looks at his harvested saguaro cactus fruit picked the traditional way during harvest season in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on ...
Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025.
Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025.
Clayborne Thomas, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, looks at his harvested saguaro cactus fruit picked the traditional way during harvest season in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on ...
Clayborne Thomas, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, looks at his harvested saguaro cactus fruit picked the traditional way during harvest season in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on ...
Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025.