Book Launch for John Redhouse's 'Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s'

Red Media is excited to announce our newest publication, Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s by John Redhouse. The book hits the shelves on July 1, 2025. Save the date for our book launch events! Event details and spaces to be announced.

Farmington, New Mexico, 1974

Excerpt, from Farmington:

On May 4, the Indians came to town. From the west, from the south, from the east. Thousands came. Larry Emerson estimated 4,000. They gathered at the northwest corner of Broadway and Lake. Wilbert Tsosie and Fred Johnson first addressed the gathering. Speaking in English and Navajo, they explained to all the purpose of the memorial march. Then the march began, led by the widow and children of Herman Benally, one of the three Navajo men killed by the three white teenagers. The youngest child carried a sign that read “Herman Benally was my father.” From the gathering place, they marched to Main Street and proceeded east toward downtown. It was a silent march, of remembrance and respect for the deceased men. Yet it was a powerful, deeply powerful march for justice. As they marched with handmade signs through downtown, there were police riot squads stationed on every corner and paramilitary snipers posted on the building rooftops—a la Gallup, March 31, 1973.

-- John Redhouse, Dine', Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s by John Redhouse, upcoming publication date July 1, 2025.