#ChokecherryMassacre Remembrance March by #DinéBikeyah Chapter of the #AmericanIndianMovement [#AIM]

Saturday, April 5, 2025, #FarmingtonNewMexico.

Remembering three Navajo men #HermanBenally of Kirtland, #JohnEarlHarvey of Fruitland, and #DavidIgnacio of Blanco who were beaten and killed in April 1974 by three Farmington High School students.

Signs read: "#ScienceIsReal. #BlackAndBrownLivesMatter. #NoHumanBeingIsIllegal. #LoveIsLove. #WomensRightsAreHumanRights. #KindnessIsEverything. #StopArrestingMyBrothersAndSisters."

Read more / photographs:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/chokecherry-massacre-remembrance-march.html
#Diné #Racism #Remembrance #Resistance #ResistRacism #ResistColonialism #April5th

#NativeAmericaCalling: Remembering the 1974 #Navajo border town murders

Friday, April 19, 2024

"The torture and gruesome murders of three Navajo men by white high school students touched off a series of racially-fueled conflicts in #FarmingtonNewMexico, on the border with the Navajo Nation.

"The murders in April 1974 became known as the #ChokecherryMassacre. One protest organizer at the time called Farmington 'the #SelmaAlabama of the Southwest,' referring to the simmering racial tensions.

"Demands by Navajos and other #NativeActivists since then have improved relations in the border town and surrounding areas somewhat.

"But many residents and observers say the sources of the problems remain just below the surface.

"Join Native America Calling to recount this little-known period of #FourCorners history and discuss what community relationships are like 50 years later.

Guests on Native America Calling

- #JohnRedhouse (#Diné and #Ute), longtime activist
- #ChiliYazzie (Diné), Shiprock community member
- #NateDuckett, current mayor of Farmington

Listen here:
https://indianz.com/News/2024/04/19/native-america-calling-remembering-the-1974-navajo-border-town-murders/

#Racism #ChokecherryMassacres #DodgeBenally #JohnEarlHarvey #DavidIgnacio,

'Remembering 1974: The #Racism in #FarmingtonNewMexico Never Ended' Live on Saturday

September 21, 2024
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"Remembering and honoring #DodgeBenally, 34, #JohnEarlHarvey, 39, and #DavidIgnacio, 52, were tortured and murdered by white teenagers in the #ChokecherryMassacres in 1974."

Read more and photos:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/bordertown-racism-remembering-murders.html

#Diné #Navajo #WhiteRacists #MMIM #MurderedAndMissingIndigenousMen #NeverAgain #Genocide #ChokecherryMassacre