A Line Drawn In The Rez Dirt

Everything Is Stories

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4.8 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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For over two decades, Duane “Chili” Yazzie has been an activist for Native American rights. Of the Navajo tribe, Chili has spent his life on the reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico, following tribal traditions and questioning the relationship between Native Peoples and Anglo-Americans. As a young man, he became a member of the influential Native American rock band, XIT, playing at political rallies across the United States. Chili would later become involved in Navajo politics, being sworn into the administration of the Shiprock Chapter House, where he now serves as president. In this story, Chili explains the principles of the Diné people, while also recalling his experiences of the United States Indian Affairs relocation program, armed take-overs of corporate factories, political riots in the Navajo Capital, and an assassination attempt by a local white man to take Chili’s life. A LINE DRAWN IN THE REZ DIRT illustrates the struggle of Native Americans transitioning into a modern day America that has renounced the traditions of its past. Produced by Garrett Crowe, Mike Martinez, and Tyler Wray. Music by High Aura’d. Transcripts available at everythingisstories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The truth of matter was, stories were everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of seeing who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves.
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0:52.4	There's a story with our people in that the four colors of the four peoples, principally, around the world.
1:03.3	Each color was assigned a specific gift way back in the early eons.
1:10.5	For instance, the black people were given an understanding of water.
1:16.4	The yellow people were given an understanding of the air.
1:21.9	The white race was given an understanding of the fire.
1:33.3	And the red people were given an understanding of the fire, and the red people were given an understanding of the earth.
1:43.3	And these four elements comprise the totality of our existence.
1:50.0	Light, water, air, and earth.
2:07.5	And so indigenous peoples, or at least the red peoples in this regard, are caretakers of the earth.
2:49.1	We are maintaining our responsibility in understanding and recognizing the sanctity and the need to have this good relationship, strong relationship with the earth and the land. The world knows me as Chiliazi.
2:52.6	Colonialized name is Dwayne A Yazi. The eight stands for Hathli, which is a Navajo variation of the Navajo term,
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