DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericaCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericaCalling</span></a>: Remembering the 1974 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> border town murders </p><p>Friday, April 19, 2024</p><p>"The torture and gruesome murders of three Navajo men by white high school students touched off a series of racially-fueled conflicts in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarmingtonNewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarmingtonNewMexico</span></a>, on the border with the Navajo Nation.</p><p>"The murders in April 1974 became known as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChokecherryMassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChokecherryMassacre</span></a>. One protest organizer at the time called Farmington 'the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SelmaAlabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelmaAlabama</span></a> of the Southwest,' referring to the simmering racial tensions.</p><p>"Demands by Navajos and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeActivists</span></a> since then have improved relations in the border town and surrounding areas somewhat. </p><p>"But many residents and observers say the sources of the problems remain just below the surface.</p><p>"Join Native America Calling to recount this little-known period of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourCorners</span></a> history and discuss what community relationships are like 50 years later.</p><p>Guests on Native America Calling</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnRedhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRedhouse</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a>), longtime activist<br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChiliYazzie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChiliYazzie</span></a> (Diné), Shiprock community member<br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NateDuckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NateDuckett</span></a>, current mayor of Farmington </p><p>Listen here:<br><a href="https://indianz.com/News/2024/04/19/native-america-calling-remembering-the-1974-navajo-border-town-murders/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indianz.com/News/2024/04/19/na</span><span class="invisible">tive-america-calling-remembering-the-1974-navajo-border-town-murders/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChokecherryMassacres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChokecherryMassacres</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DodgeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DodgeBenally</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnEarlHarvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnEarlHarvey</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DavidIgnacio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidIgnacio</span></a>,</p>