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The start of the Santa Fe Trail turns 200 this year. For most of that time the narrative of the influential route that took scores of settlers and U.S. Army soldiers across established Native land has been told from a non-Native perspective. Although it’s mainly a story of displacement and violence, the full history is richer and more nuanced. We’ll hear the Native side of the history and legacy of the Santa Fe Trail.
Guest:
Dr. James Riding In (Pawnee) – lead researcher and writer of “American Indians and the Santa Fe Trail,” retired professor and founding member of the American Indian Studies program at Arizona State University
Break 1 Music: Santa Fe (song) Samantha Crain (artist) You (Understood) (album)
Break 2 Music: Electric Pow Wow Drum (song) The Halluci Nation (artist) A Tribe Called Red (album)
