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Lisa Hardy, Northern Arizona University; Kerry F. Thompson, Northern Arizona University, and Meghan Curry O’Connell, University of South Dakota
(THE CONVERSATION) Betty’s home stands on the edge of a striking red cliff. Her family built the home from materials in their environment generations ago and passed it along from mothers to daughters. But it is cold, and the home is small wit