{"product_id":"bordertown-clashes-resource-wars-and-contested-territories-in-the-four-corners-the-turbulent-1970s-paperback","title":"Bordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, and Contested Territories in the Four Corners: The Turbulent 1970s - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Redhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMelanie K. Yazzie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJennifer Denetdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA one-of-a-kind lyrical and fast-paced memoir of the frontlines and trenches of Native liberation in the Four Corners and Southwest in the \u003c\/b\u003e1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the late summer of 1972 to the late summer of 1974, John Redhouse and many other Red Power activists put everything on the line to organize mass movements and direct actions for Native liberation. It was an extraordinary time defined by stunning victories and intense struggles. In just a few short years, Redhouse and his contemporaries changed Navajo and Native people's collective destinies. So profound was their impact that it can still be felt fifty years later.  Written in the first-person with a spirit of generosity and witness, John Redhouse describes the fever pitch of the times, focusing on the racist and exploitative bordertowns in the Four Corners area of the Southwest region. He interweaves a piercing critique of violence against Navajo people in reservations bordertowns with a condemnation of the violence that rapidly growing mineral extraction in and around the Navajo Nation introduced to Navajo life.  As a firsthand participant in some of the most important twentieth-century struggles against this manifold violence, Redhouse is one of only a few grassroots intellectuals who can tell this story. \u003ci\u003eBordertown Clashes, Resource Wars, Contested Territories: The Four Corners in the Turbulent 1970s\u003c\/i\u003e brings readers to the enduring struggle for Native liberation, traced over half a century ago, where John Redhouse and many more led a revolution that continues to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Redhouse\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Farmington, New Mexico and \u003cbr\u003egraduated from Farmington High School in 1969. He was a longtime Navajo \u003cbr\u003eand Indian rights activist. Redhouse worked with the Indians Against \u003cbr\u003eExploitation in Gallup, N.M. in 1972-1973 and the Coalition for Navajo \u003cbr\u003eLiberation in Farmington in 1974. He was Associate Director of the \u003cbr\u003eNational Indian Youth Council in Albuquerque, N.M. from 1974 to 1978. \u003cbr\u003eRedhouse also served on the City of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air \u003cbr\u003eQuality Control Board in 1978 and the New Mexico State Advisory \u003cbr\u003eCommittee to the United States Civil Rights Commission in 1978-79. In \u003cbr\u003e1979-1980, he worked with the American Indian Environmental Council in \u003cbr\u003eAlbuquerque; Reno, Nevada; and Flagstaff, Arizona. Redhouse was a writer\u003cbr\u003e and consultant from 1981 to 1987. In 1988-1989, he worked with the \u003cbr\u003eTonantzin Land Institute in Albuquerque. Redhouse was a consultant from \u003cbr\u003e1990 to 2012. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and a \u003cbr\u003eU.S. Army veteran.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie Yazzie\u003c\/b\u003e (Diné) is Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eRed Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e She cohosts and produces the podcast Red Power Hour, which is sponsored\u003cbr\u003e by Red Media, a Native-led media organization she cofounded in 2019. \u003cbr\u003eShe also does community organizing with The Red Nation, a grassroots \u003cbr\u003eNative-run organization she cofounded in 2014 that is committed to \u003cbr\u003eIndigenous liberation and decolonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Denetdale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She is a professor of American \u003cbr\u003eStudies at the University of New Mexico and the chair of the Navajo \u003cbr\u003eNation Human Rights Commission. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita\u003c\/i\u003e and two Diné histories for young adults. She is a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eRed Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and has published numerous journal articles and chapter essays on \u003cbr\u003eIndigenous feminisms, Diné nation building, and bordertown studies. She \u003cbr\u003eis the recipient of two Henry Luce Foundation grants to mount a Milton \u003cbr\u003eSnow Photography exhibition in collaboration with the Navajo Nation \u003cbr\u003eMuseum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44807358283878,"sku":"9781945335273","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/9XFPmscmVm9781945335273.webp?v=1771469659","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/bordertown-clashes-resource-wars-and-contested-territories-in-the-four-corners-the-turbulent-1970s-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}