Eskeets, Edison
Send a runner : a Navajo honors the long walk Edison Eskeets and Jim Kristofic - Albuquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico Press 2021 - 184 pages illustrations, photographs, maps ; 23 cm
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.
9780826362339 0826362338 0826364543 9780826364548
2020952527
020423154 Uk 020737007 Uk
Eskeets, Edison--Family--Biography.
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
E99.N3 / E64 2021
979.10049726 Esk 15
Send a runner : a Navajo honors the long walk Edison Eskeets and Jim Kristofic - Albuquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico Press 2021 - 184 pages illustrations, photographs, maps ; 23 cm
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.
9780826362339 0826362338 0826364543 9780826364548
2020952527
020423154 Uk 020737007 Uk
Eskeets, Edison--Family--Biography.
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
E99.N3 / E64 2021
979.10049726 Esk 15