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KMYR Public Affair: "Navajo Country"

Collection (born 1947 Casper, Wyoming)
DateJanuary 1975
Medium7-inch audio reel
Dimensions7 × 7 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 17.8 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsAudio, Film, & Video
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Zane Blaney
Object numberPA2019.068.006
DescriptionThis radio program is a five-part report by Carrol Cagle on the activism of the Navajo community near Farmington and Gallup, New Mexico after the murder of three Tribal members by Anglo teenagers. Border town tensions, racial discrimination, and the formation of the Coalition for Navajo Liberation are topics discussed by Carrol Cagle. Also touched upon is the impact of coal gasification on the Navajo Reservation. People mentioned in the series include John Redhouse, Peter MacDonald, Raymond Nakai, and Marlo Webb.
The series aired from January 6-10, 1975. The total runtime of the program is 00:22:42.
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