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The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens. For the Tohono O'odham Nation, harvest time for the bahidaj is a sacred start to the new year. That's because they consider the towering saguaro cacti as people, as family. It's also sacred because they make wine with the fruit for ceremonies asking the Creator to send the monsoon rains that make desert life possible. For many families, it's also a time to gather across generations and pass down the traditions and centuries-old knowledge enjoying a resurgence as more youth rediscover their ancestral ways.
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Tanisha Tucker Lohse, right, and Maria Francisco, both of the Tohono O宎odham nation, harvest fruit from a saguaro cactus in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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John Vasquez Bedoy, left, blesses the ramada, a canopy topped with saguaro ribs to provide shade, with sage and is joined by William Lumm, second from left, and Maria Francisco, second from right, and another St. John the Baptist's feast day Mass attendee in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono O宎odham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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An umbrella is used to catch fresh fruit picked from a saguaro cactus during a harvest season day by the Tohono O宎odham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Clayborne Thomas, of the Tohono O宎odham nation, picks saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Clayborne Thomas, of the Tohono O宎odham nation, looks at his harvested saguaro cactus fruit picked the traditional way during harvest season in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Maria Francisco, left, presses saguaro cactus fruit juice through a strainer accompanied by Tanisha Tucker Lohse, right,dur ing a harvest day by the Tohono O宎odham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)