Vegas Lights, Canyon Shadows, and the Silence of Navajo Land
In the U.S., 'reservations' refer to areas of land that are managed by a Native American tribe under the supervision of the federal government. When Amandeep Midha drove through Navajo County, deep into Arizona, a southwestern U.S. state, he reflected upon the situation and in his words,"deeper still in Navajo land, that I felt the earth speak, its flat hilltops and deserts holding memories of genocide, exile, and injustice, revealing the unvarnished truth of how settler colonial states are built: on erased stories and stolen lands, glowing still with the quiet fire of resilience."