A ceremonial shield stolen from Acoma Pueblo was the subject of a legal and diplomatic battle after it was put up for sale by a private auction house in France. The shield was ultimately returned to the pueblo and the STOP Act was formulated to prevent future such incidents. Image from EVE Auction House
Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.
