Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale
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first heard Jul 2026
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And so my people also experienced the same thing.
And so for us, the war against my people began in earnest in 1863.
with the orders of James Carlton, who issued orders that Kit Carson, as he was known out here, was to begin the Scorch and Burn campaign against Navajo people.
And so Canyon de Chelly was considered the stronghold of the Navajo people.
And so the campaign, the war against Nabal people begin in what we called Seyit, and which in English is known as Kenyan Deshay.
So that was the, in the summer of 1863, the beginning of the war against my people.
So in the 19th century, the United States' solution to what they considered always the Indian problem was forced relocation in the face of movements of land-hungry
settlers.
And so in the mid to the late 19th century, you have dreams of the wealth of California.
And so Navajo country lies right in the pathway of these dreams of settling the West and going to California.
Our warriors were considered, you know, they were just...
able defenders of their land and their people, the Abajo people were considered a military might.
And so the establishment of the first two American forts after 1846 was Fort Wingate, which is still called Fort Wingate, which is about 10 miles west of the border town Gallup, New Mexico.
what's called Fort Defiance now, but it was called something else during this period, and I'm just spacing on what it was called.
But those two forts established were American declarations that Navajo land was to be occupied and claimed by the Americans.
And so Navajo
In the 1850s, my great-great-great-grandfather, who in the history, American history, is known as Manuelito by his Mexican name, was a war chief.
And he was one of the headmen or leaders who defended the land and protected the people against first the Mexican and then against American invasion.
The establishment of
the fort called Fort Defiance now, was actually attacked by Manuelito and his men as an effort to get the Americans out of Navajo country.
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