About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of westward expansion on the Navajo people, focusing on their forced removal from their homeland in 1863.

Join Kelli as she finally starts tackling the impact of westward expansion on indigenous populations in the United States. In this episode, we focus on the Navajo, or Diné, who were forcibly removed from their homeland starting in the winter of 1863. Get ready for a nice, long historical context! :) Sources: Books Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton SidesDiné: A History of the Navajos by Peter Iverson feat. photographs by...

People in this episode

Host: Kelli Beard

Topics covered

• westward expansion
• indigenous populations
• Navajo history
• forced removal
• historical context

Keywords

• Navajo
• Diné
• westward expansion
• indigenous history
• forced removal
• historical context
• 1863

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West, Diné: A History of the Navajos

Places: United States, Navajo, Diné

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