The Counterfeiters of Bosque Redondo : Slavery, Silver and the U.S. War Against the Navajo Nation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzsimons, Matt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atsidi Sani, 1830-1917.

Atsidi Sani.

Slavery--New Mexico--History.

Slavery.

Navajo Indians--Government relations.

Navajo Indians.

New Mexico.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2022.

Summary:

"Old Pounder," they called him-- the very first Navajo silversmith. Yet Herrero Delgadito's greatest legacy is measured in lives, not ounces: the scores of Navajo women and children he plucked out of slavery in 1864, the hundreds of exiles he risked everything to feed in 1865 and the thousands of people he helped lead back home in 1868. A remarkable portrait of human resilience, Delgadito's story upends conventional narratives of the West, revealing an illicit slave system that began with the conquistadors and reached its apex under the Union army. Even as U.S. officials fought to end slavery in the South, they weaponized human trafficking against the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Matt Fitzsimmons traces the unbelievable true story of the prisoners of Bosque Redondo who forged a path to freedom"-- Page 4 of Cover.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword, by Lynda Teller Pete

Preface

Part I: Beauty Before

The Place Where Two Fell Off

The Forge of Cebolleta

New Men

Herrero

Red Shirt

Hell's Gate

Enemy Way

On the Occasion Referred to Above

Part II: Beauty Behind

The Palace of the Governors

Sifting Out the Hearts of Men

Hwéeldi'

Part III: Beauty Again

Hath Not Where to Lay His Head

Hunger

The Blacksmith's Shop

The Condition of the Indian Tribes

Unbroken

Beauty Way

Epilogue

Notes

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439675526

143967552X

OCLC:

1349280974