ALBUQUERQUE -- Diné John Redhouse: Farmington was the Hate Crime Capital of the West in 1974

 Diné John Redhouse: Farmington was the Hate Crime Capital of the West in 1974

John Redhouse: Invasion and Genocide: The War on Native People is Ongoing

Article by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 4, 2025

Part II in our series

Watch recorded live on July 4: Farmington Book Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhCJeWIjMMU

ALBUQUERQUE -- "This book has been crying out to be published," John Redhouse said, as he named the great writers he was inspired by as a high school graduate in Farmington when he joined the National Indian Youth Council. "The Red Power Movement was, and still is, very much alive in the Southwest."

"Every chapter could be a book in itself," John said.

John launched his new book in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s. This  second event was at Books on the Bosque bookstore in Albuquerque. 

Apache Stronghold renews Supreme Court bid to save Oak Flat

Photo courtesy Apache Stronghold

Apache Stronghold renews Supreme Court bid to save Oak Flat

Recent Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on feds’ plan to destroy sacred site

By Becket Fund, Censored News, July 3, 2025

WASHINGTON – A coalition of Western Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies asked the Supreme Court today to reconsider their plea to protect Oak Flat in light of the Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling on religious freedom in Mahmoud v. Taylor.

Launching Live 'Radio Free Simnasho' in Warm Springs

Radio Free Simnasho launched today. Quiltman described the poisons now in the Columbia River and how these corporate chemicals are poisoning the salmon.

Launching 'Radio Free Simnasho' Live in Warm Springs

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 3, 2025

Quiltman and Govinda have been setting up the online, solar-powered radio station. The local team at Radio Free Simnasho in Warm Springs will be working on a play list and schedule this month.

SIMNASHO, Warm Springs Indian Nation -- Radio Free Simnasho launched today, bringing grassroots voices online, and honoring the American Indian Movement. 

Quiltman said the Columbia River water is being used by corporations, and the water is becoming too warm for the salmon. Electricity from the huge data centers are making the water too warm for the salmon.

Quiltman said that when the salmon were harvested, the fishermen's hands were glowing green. He described how dams are damaging the flow of salmon.

Welcoming listeners, Quiltman and Govinda shared the sounds of John Trudell this morning.  They'll be working on the solar panels to power the grassroots radio station. 

PYRAMID LAKE -- Sharing 55 years in the Red Power Movement, John Redhouse Launches New Book on Bordertown Racism

Carol Wright, Western Shoshone, and John Redhouse, Dine' and Ute, share the history of the resistance movement spanning 55 years today, with Melanie Yazzie, Dine', of the Red Nation.

Pyramid Lake -- John Redhouse Launches New Book on Bordertown Racism

"There is no compromise, no surrender," John said of coal mining. "Leave it in the ground."

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 1, 2025

First in our three-part series

Watch on Red Nation YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLArgo31AKY

PYRAMID LAKE NATION -- "I love my people," says John Redhouse, Dine and Ute, as he describes growing up in Farmington, New Mexico, and the resistance to racism in the bordertown.

John launched his new book today in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s.

"Today is a dream come true."