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Send a runner :

by Eskeets, Edison
Additional authors: Kristofic, Jim -- 1982- -- author.
Published by : University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Physical details: 184 pages illustrations, photographs, maps ; 23 cm ISBN:9780826362339; 0826362338; 0826364543; 9780826364548.
Subject(s): Eskeets, Edison -- Biography. -- Family | 1863-1867 | Navajo Long Walk -- 1863-1867 | Navajo Indians -- History. | Navajo Indians -- Biography. | Runners (Sports) -- Biography. | Long-distance runners -- Biography. | Ultra running. | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New. | Navajo -- Biographies. | Social Science -- Ethnic Studies -- American -- Native American Studies. | Biography & Autobiography -- Cultural, Ethnic & Regional -- Indigenous. | Families | Indians of North America | New Southwest | Biographies. | Biography | History
Year: 2021
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Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
900 - 999 979.10049726 Esk (Browse shelf) Available 116571

Includes bibliographical references.

"The Navajo tribe, the Dine, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Dine people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos' return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their community decided to honor that return. Edison Eskeets and his family organized a ceremonial run from Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in order to deliver a message and to honor the survivors of the Long Walk. Both exhilarating and punishing, Send a Runner tells the story of a Navajo family using the power of running to honor their ancestors and the power of history to explain why the Long Walk happened. From these forces, they might also seek the vision of how the Dine--their people--will have a future."--Publisher's website.

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