"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Coal Alters Navajo Life

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-02: Indians II · Page 4.8
Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-02: Indians II
Page 4.8
Material type
Newspaper Clipping (Newspaper / Clipping)
Date
1971-01-29
Description
We have the original newspaper clipping as well as a printed copy. Pictured is a young Navajo person looking into one of the strip mines in Arizona. In the article, Mrs. Yazzie gives her thoughts through a translator and Harold Combs argues that the mining being done at Black Mesa is necessary and good.
Author or creator
James T. Fisher
Publication or source
The Kansas City Times
Subjects and names
Mrs. Jennie Yazzie, Harold Combs, Navajo, Black Mesa, Paul Natonabah

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