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| John Redhouse (right) Coalition for Navajo Liberation, Farmington 1974. Photo by Bob Fitch. |
On the Fourth of July, John Redhouse Pinpoints Coal-Fired Racism in Farmington
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 7, 2025
Part III in our series
FARMINGTON, New Mexico -- John Redhouse, Dine' and Ute, described the Long Hot Summer of 1974, during the launch of his new book, describing the resistance to the torture murders of Navajos in the bordertown of Farmington by white teenagers.
John describes how the coal mining, and oil and gas industry, drew racists to this bordertown, as he launched his new memoir, Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s.
John said there are times when there is no choice but to "strike back with the decisiveness of a rattlesnake."