December 2010
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WatchBroken Rainbow
1985 documentary film about the government-enforced relocation of thousands of Navajo Native Americans from their ancestral homes in Arizona. The Navajo were relocated to aid mining speculation in a process that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen.
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Christianity and Diné peoples
“The Navajos for the most part have long resisted Christianity. They look upon it as a “part-time” religion where a man’s god is available to him for only a few hours on Sunday and then has to be sought out in a special house where his spirit dwells.
From the beginning, the Navajos were repulsed by the European’s disrespect for and misuse of the land … A society that would destroy the...