Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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If you were Apache at a certain point in history, watermelon was always a nighttime treat.

That detail reveals a much larger story, shaped by restriction, control, and cultural resilience. Dr. Maurice Crandall, a citizen of Yavapai-Apache Nation and Associate Professor of History at ASU, tells the story in this installment of "What Happened in AZ?"

Find more in our What Happened in AZ playlist @ArizonaPBS

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