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| Farmington 1974 |
Diné John Redhouse 'Fifty Years Ago: Uprising and Resistance'
By John Redhouse, Censored News May 24, 2024
On this Memorial Day weekend, we must also remember and honor the many native human rights warriors such as Larry Casuse and other brave indigenous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in fighting for the lives and future of red people and nations on Turtle Island and throughout the Western Hemisphere—the red quarter of Mother Earth.
In the course of our long, hard, and bloody struggle for survival, since 1492, we are here only because our ancestors fought for our right to live and exist as first people and nations in the Americas.
As an aging but still surviving veteran of the intense bordertown wars in Gallup and Farmington in the 1970s, I will remember always great warriors such as Herb Blatchford, Robert Nakaidinae, Fred Johnson, Lucy Keeswood, and many, many more courageous fighters of that era including the late great Lorenzo LeValdo and Taft Scott who were also very much a part of the 1974 Totah Navajo civil rights campaign.
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50 Years Ago: UPRISING AND RESISTANCE
In Memoriam: Lorenzo LeValdo and Taft Scott
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Farmington Daily Times
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Photos of the Resistance
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Time Magazine report
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Phil Reno’s essay on Farmington
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TIME Magazine
June 24, 1974
The Nation
August 31, 1974
Thank you John Redhouse for sharing this important history with Censored News.
John Redhouse's memorial copyright John Redhouse, may not be used without his permission.
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