157 The West: The Navajo, The Apache, and the Border

In the episode we move from the Lakota and Sioux to the border
region. Long before the United States controlled what we know
today as the Southwest, Spanish and then Mexican authorities had
to contend with Navajo and Apache raids. Once the Americans
established themselves, the pressures of colonization would
trigger Army intervention, and basically very little in the way
of accommodation, triggering further raids and army reprisals.
The episode will focus first on the Navajo and their attempts to
preserve sovereignty in light of dissatisfaction with American
Indian policy. The Apache resisted American efforts to stop their
raids, which resulted in a series of campaigns in the 1860s and
1870s. Take a listen!


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