Send a runner :
by Eskeets, Edison
Published by : University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Physical details: 184 pages illustrations, photographs, maps ; 23 cm ISBN:9780826362339; 0826362338; 0826364543; 9780826364548.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 979.10049726 Esk (Browse shelf) | Available | 116571 |
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| 979.1 Per The American Southwest: its peoples and cultures | 979.1 Var Arizona ghost towns and mining camps / | 979.1004972 McP The Northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900 | 979.10049726 Esk Send a runner : | 979.101 Ban The Spanish borderlands frontier, 1513-1821 / | 979.1030924 Gri Mickey Free, manhunter | 979.104 Lam The far Southwest |
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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