Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories in the Four Corners: The Turbulent 1970s - Couverture souple

Redhouse, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1945335270 ISBN 13 : 9781945335273

Editeur : Common Notions, 2025

Synopsis

A one-of-a-kind lyrical and fast-paced memoir of the frontlines and trenches of Native liberation in the Four Corners and Southwest in the 1970s. From the late summer of 1972 to the late summer of 1974, John Redhouse and many other Navajo and Indian rights activists threw all they had into mass movement organizing and direct action. And they were pretty good at it too in terms of effectiveness and impact. Written in the first-person and above all, with a collective spirit of generosity and witness, John Redhouse describes the hot temper of the times in the racist and exploitative border towns in the Four Corners area of the Southwest region.

As John Redhouse says, “Without the People, you have nothing. But back then, we had a lot of people WITH us.” Yes, the Power of the People, the collective human spirit of the emerging local and regional Indian civil movement, thousands of us marching in the streets of Gallup and Farmington in northwestern New Mexico with our demands. A bold citizens arrest at city hall, a downtown street riot, burning images of enemy leaders in effigy. And more marches, demonstrations, and direct actions. 

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

John Redhouse was born and raised in Farmington, New Mexico and
graduated from Farmington High School in 1969. He was a longtime Navajo
and Indian rights activist. Redhouse worked with the Indians Against
Exploitation in Gallup, N.M. in 1972-1973 and the Coalition for Navajo
Liberation in Farmington in 1974. He was Associate Director of the
National Indian Youth Council in Albuquerque, N.M. from 1974 to 1978.
Redhouse also served on the City of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air
Quality Control Board in 1978 and the New Mexico State Advisory
Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission in 1978-79. In
1979-1980, he worked with the American Indian Environmental Council in
Albuquerque; Reno, Nevada; and Flagstaff, Arizona. Redhouse was a writer
and consultant from 1981 to 1987. In 1988-1989, he worked with the
Tonantzin Land Institute in Albuquerque. Redhouse was a consultant from
1990 to 2012. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and a
U.S. Army veteran.

Melanie Yazzie (Diné) is Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and coauthor of Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation and The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save the Earth.
She cohosts and produces the podcast Red Power Hour, which is sponsored
by Red Media, a Native-led media organization she cofounded in 2019.
She also does community organizing with The Red Nation, a grassroots
Native-run organization she cofounded in 2014 that is committed to
Indigenous liberation and decolonization.

Jennifer Denetdale
is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She is a professor of American
Studies at the University of New Mexico and the chair of the Navajo
Nation Human Rights Commission. She is the author of Reclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita and two Diné histories for young adults. She is a coauthor of Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation
and has published numerous journal articles and chapter essays on
Indigenous feminisms, Diné nation building, and bordertown studies. She
is the recipient of two Henry Luce Foundation grants to mount a Milton
Snow Photography exhibition in collaboration with the Navajo Nation
Museum.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Common Notions
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1945335270
• ISBN 13: 9781945335273
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Yazzie Melanie K.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible