{"id":35874,"date":"2023-02-09T23:31:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T06:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/send-a-runner-authors-video-presentation-to-be-shown-at-san-juan-college\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:27:35","slug":"send-a-runner-authors-video-presentation-to-be-shown-at-san-juan-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/send-a-runner-authors-video-presentation-to-be-shown-at-san-juan-college\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Send a Runner\u2019 authors video presentation to be shown at San Juan College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Edison Eskeets, left, and Jim Kristofic on the road to commemorate The Long Walk. (Courtesy Jim Kristofic)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The recorded broadcast of co-authors Jim Kristofic and Edison Eskeets\u2019 visit to San Juan College in September as part of the One Book, One Community program will be presented Feb. 27 at San Juan College in Farmington.<\/p>\n

Eskeets and Kristofic collaborated on \u201cSend A Runner: A Navajo Honors the Long Walk,\u201d the 2022 One Book, One Community selection. The broadcast features the co-authors\u2019 perspectives and insights on the collaboration, as well as readings from their lauded book about the ceremonial run that Eskeets, supported by his family, undertook to honor survivors of the Long Walk.<\/p>\n

The event is scheduled for noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 in Room 9006, at San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd.<\/p>\n

\u201cSend a Runner: A Navajo Honors the Long Walk,\u201d was named a Southwest Book of the Year and received a Booklist starred review.<\/p>\n

Between 1863 and 1866, more than 10,000 Navajo (Din\u00e9) were forcibly removed to the Bosque Redondo Reservation at Fort Sumner, in current-day New Mexico. During the Long Walk, the U.S. military marched Din\u00e9 men, women and children 250 to 450 miles, depending on their route.<\/p>\n

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Map shows the route from Navajo Homelands to eastern New Mexico. (Smithsonian Institution)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Summer 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Din\u00e9\u2019s return to their homelands. One Din\u00e9 family and their community decided to honor that return. Edison Eskeets and his family organized a ceremonial run from Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, to Santa Fe in order to deliver a message and to honor the survivors of the Long Walk.<\/p>\n

The book told the story of how Eskeets and his family used the power of running to honor their ancestors and the power of history to explain why the Long Walk happened.<\/p>\n

Kristofic shares on his blog<\/a> that he has always liked telling stories and grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. He\u2019s worked on and off the reservation for more than 10 years as a river guide, journalist, ranch hand, National Park ranger and oral historian. He has written for The Navajo Times, Arizona Highways, Native Peoples Magazine<\/em> and High Country News.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kristofic lives in Taos, New Mexico, but considers Din\u00e9 Bik\u00e9yah \u2013 the Navajo Reservation \u2013 his home.<\/p>\n

His memoir, \u201cNavajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life\u201d (2011) was acclaimed by the Arizona Daily Sun for its \u201cwit and keen observation\u201d and by New Mexico Magazine for \u201cconsummate storytelling.\u201d It was a finalist for the Spur Award from the Western Writer\u2019s of America and the 2011 Southwest Book of the Year.<\/p>\n

Kristofic\u2019s other works include: \u201cReservation Restless\u201d; \u201cThe Hero Twins: A Navajo-English Story of the Monster Slayers\u201d; \u201cMedicine Women: The Story of the Fist Native American Nursing School\u201d; \u201cHouse Gods: Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders\u201d; and \u201cBlack Sheep, White Crow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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