{"product_id":"comics-and-conquest-political-cartoons-and-a-radical-retelling-of-the-navajo-hopi-land-dispute-hardcover","title":"Comics and Conquest: Political Cartoons and a Radical Retelling of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRhiannon Koehler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold story of Navajo and Hopi resistance and solidarity in the face of forced removal by the US government, as documented by tribal editorial cartoons.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, US politicians and energy companies attempted to gain access to the coal and uranium in the Four Corners region, where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah meet. The land on which they found billions of tons of high-grade coal in 1909, however, was reserved for the Navajo (Diné) and Hopi peoples and not accessible to extractive enterprise. Despite Diné and Hopi protests, US officials gained access to the coal-rich land on Black Mesa in Arizona by purposely fabricating and fueling conflict between the Diné and the Hopi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eComics and Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Rhiannon Koehler documents the story of this conflict through an engaging analysis of historical Navajo and Hopi editorial cartoons. Despite the false narrative that the conflict was driven by inter-tribal animosity and that the subsequent forced removals of thousands of Indigenous peoples were part of a plan to keep the peace, the cartoons that Koehler shares reveal a rich history of artistic activism and Hopi-Diné solidarity against this land grab. The content and claims featured in political cartoons published in the tribal newspapers\u003ci\u003e Qua'Toqti\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNavajo Times\u003c\/i\u003e in the late 1960s and early 1970s were some of the most critical tools for both coping with the threats of industry and exposing the history of exploitation as it carries on into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe conflict, popularly known as the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, was presented in mainstream media as an egregious threat to US interests. Acutely aware of their land's value and the minerals and other resources on it, Diné and Hopi political cartoonists used their medium to assert their protest and agency, identify the true instigators of the dispute, and expose and counter the myth that the conflict had intertribal origins. Koehler shows how tribal activism and media ultimately resulted in international recognition of the harms perpetrated by the federal government on Diné and Hopi soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhiannon Koehler\u003c\/b\u003e (CHICAGO, IL) is a historian and writer. She has published in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Culture and Research Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Arizona History\u003c\/i\u003e. She has worked in higher education and in creative direction and has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458890580221,"sku":"9781421447421","price":109.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/I1T_nRRjHa9781421447421.webp?v=1777252683","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/comics-and-conquest-political-cartoons-and-a-radical-retelling-of-the-navajo-hopi-land-dispute-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}