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Miacel Spotted Elk, High Country News, who reports on the Indigenous Affairs for the Intermountain West, describes the complex yet essential work the “Railroads in Native America” (RNA) Steering Committee sought to accomplish, in this Utah Division of Indian Affairs directed conference, held last May 19-21, 2022. The aritcle includes noteworthy photographs of professional Utah photographer Eugene Tapahe (Diné). Two …
Caption for photo above: Unidentified Diné section gang shifting rails into alignment near Gallup, New Mexico, on The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. This shot was taken by a corporate or contracted AT&SF photographer. Courtesy of the Kansas Historical Society. When working in one locale for an extended period of time, Sam Platero and his fellow Santa Fe Railroad workers …
02.23.2022. The above image is a photograph of an unidentified Native American railroad worker at the Winslow, Arizona Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard. Photograph by Jack Delano (1914 – 1997). Courtesy of the Library of Congress. What does Diné artist Leo Platero remember about his railroad worker father? In the late 1950s Leo’s father, silversmith Sam Platero, worked …