Sunday, September 18, 2022
On this date in 1851, US troops led by Colonel Sumner built Fort Defiance on the Navajo territory of Dine Bikeyah, valuable and important grazing land which the Navajos were forbidden to use. There was intense and bitter fighting between the Dine and US military.
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition, Anton Treuer (Author). From an acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor, Anton Treuer, comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. This expanded edition includes a new section on social activism.