#yavapaiapache

[railwayhistorical]

Along the Sunset Route

Southern Pacific water tank, Gila Bend, Arizona

Land acknowledgement: Cocopah, O’odham Jeweḍ, Maricopa, Hohokam, Yavapai Apache.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken May 1st 2024.

[theleakypen]

I honor those who survived the U.S. government's forced migrations and attempted genocide and made it back to ancestral homelands and mourn those who didn't make it, who were murdered. #forcedmigration #yavapaiapache #colonialism #genocide #librarianofleisure (at Yavapai Apache Nation) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqWPKIHtho/?igshid=11pkrkqgrrhwy

[railwayhistorical]

Along I-8 First image here: looking south from I-8, milepost 54: between myself and the ridge in the distance lies Southern Pacific baking, baking in the midday sun. The mountains one sees in the background here are located within the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, established in 1941.

The second image was taken a bit later as I drove east. I saw a westbound train coming, pulled over and squeezed off this grab-shot. The same mountain range can be seen in the background. Land acknowledgement: Yavapai Apache, O'odham Jewed, Maricopa, Cocopah, and Hia-Ced O'odham peoples.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken May 2nd 2024.

[railwayhistorical]

The Worst Kind of Light A westbound train on the former Southern Pacific between Owl and Colfred, Arizona. The line was built through here in 1880. Prior to that, this land was inhabited by the Yavapai Apache, O'odham Jewed, Maricopa, Cocopah, and Hia-Ced O'odham peoples. The mountains one sees in the background here are located within the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, established in 1941.

One photograph by Richard Koenig; taken May 2nd 2024.

[railwayhistorical]

Gila Bend, Arizona

Stout's Hotel and a storefront. Here's a link that provides some information on the Stout's.

Land acknowledgement: Cocopah, O’odham Jeweḍ, Maricopa, Hohokam, Yavapai Apache.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken May 1st 2024.

[railwayhistorical]

Noah, Arizona The nearby school, Antelope Union High School accounts for the word "Antelope" on the building here. Prior to 1880 these surrounding landscape would have inhabited by the Yavapai Apache, O'odham Jewed, Maricopa, Cocopah, and Hia-Ced O'odham peoples.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken May 2nd 2024.

[theleakypen]

For the record while it was the Sinagua people who lived at #montezumacastle, the Verde Valley is now Yavapai-Apache Nation land. Looking to the past is important of course but never at the expense of actual living people today. https://yavapai-apache.org/ http://www.nps.gov/moca/ #librarianofleisure #yavapaiapache #indigenous #montezumacastle (at Yavapai Apache Nation) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqWK07nGT7/?igshid=xhg2r4nf1usz