{"id":36627,"date":"2024-04-19T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=36627"},"modified":"2024-04-19T11:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:31:06","slug":"native-america-calling-remembering-the-1974-navajo-border-town-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/04\/19\/native-america-calling-remembering-the-1974-navajo-border-town-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Remembering the 1974 Navajo border town murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, April 19, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Remembering the 1974 Navajo border town murders <\/div>\r\nThe torture and gruesome murders of three Navajo men by white high school students touched off a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/fighting-hate\/intelligence-report\/2007\/violence-against-american-indians-pervasive-problem\">racially-fueled conflicts<\/a> in Farmington, New Mexico, on the border with the Navajo Nation. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe murders in April 1974 became known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/article\/clovis-news-journal-chokecherry-canyon-k\/131288212\/\">Chokecherry Massacre<\/a>. One protest organizer at the time called Farmington \u201cthe Selma, Alabama of the Southwest,\u201d referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.stanford.edu\/fitch\/browse\/new-mexico-navajo-protest-1974\">simmering racial tensions<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDemands by Navajos and other Native activists since then have improved relations in the border town and surrounding areas somewhat. But many residents and observers say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/article\/tension-between-police-navajos\/\">sources of the problems<\/a> remain just below the surface.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to recount this little-known period of Four Corners history and discuss what community relationships are like 50 years later.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/04\/19\/native-america-calling-remembering-the-1974-navajo-border-town-murders\/shiprocknewmexico\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1702\" data-attachment-id=\"36634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/04\/19\/native-america-calling-remembering-the-1974-navajo-border-town-murders\/shiprocknewmexico\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19\/ShiprockNewMexico-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1702\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D50&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1164820534&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shiprock, New Mexico\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shiprock, New Mexico&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Known as Ts\u00e9 Bit\u02bca\u02bc\u00ed in the Navajo language, meaning &amp;#8220;Winged Rock,&amp;#8221; the Shiprock formation is located on a portion of the Navajo Nation near Farmington, New Mexico. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bowiesnodgrass\/319948324\/&gt;bowie snodgrass&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19\/ShiprockNewMexico-1024x681.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19\/ShiprockNewMexico-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shiprock, New Mexico\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-36634\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Known as Ts\u00e9 Bit\u02bca\u02bc\u00ed in the Navajo language, meaning &#8220;Winged Rock,&#8221; the Shiprock formation is located on a portion of the Navajo Nation near Farmington, New Mexico. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bowiesnodgrass\/319948324\/>bowie snodgrass<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/john-redhouse-37800983\">John Redhouse<\/a> (Din\u00e9 and Ute), longtime activist\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/duane.yazzie.927\/\">Chili Yazzie<\/a> (Din\u00e9), Shiprock community member\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fmtn.org\/151\/City-of-Farmington-Mayor\">Nate Duckett<\/a>, current mayor of Farmington\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The murders of three Navajo men by white high school students touched off a series of racially-fueled conflicts in a border town in New Mexico.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1,14],"tags":[960,4789,101,1554,1020,4788,243,4790,133,24,167,47,61,134],"class_list":["post-36627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-border-towns","tag-chili-yazzie","tag-crime","tag-discrimination","tag-hate-crime","tag-john-redhouse","tag-media","tag-nate-duckett","tag-native-america-calling","tag-navajo","tag-new-mexico","tag-race","tag-racism","tag-radio","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/19\/ShiprockNewMexico-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-9wL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36627"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36636,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36627\/revisions\/36636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}