En la tierra de la nación Navajo, el fantasma del pasado de la industria minera sigue persiguiendo a los nativos que viven ahí. Comenzó en la década de 1940 cuando las tierras navajo eran y siguen siendo viveros de uranio. La nueva industria de la fabricación de armas trajo una nueva oportunidad de trabajo para…
On Navajo Nation land, the ghost of the mining industry’s past still haunts the native people who live there. It began in the 1940s when the Navajo land was — and still is — a hotbed for uranium. The new weapon-manufacturing industry brought a new opportunity for jobs among the natives living on the land,…
Consider the ubiquitous sepia portrait of an American Indian, donned in an elaborate headdress, embodying a kind of displaced dignity. This image irks Will Wilson. The stereotypical depiction dates back to Edward S. Curtis, the celebrated photographer of the early 20th century. Curtis created an extensive body of photos intended to portray Native Americans as they actually…
Edward R. Sweeney’s fascination with Cochise began at 10 years of age. As a little boy, Sweeney says he read a biography about the tribe leader and became captivated by him as a warrior, man and leader of his people. Now, the author of three books on Cochise, Sweeney has dedicated his own life to…
