/tags/emmet-garcia Emmet Garcia en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:23:23 GMT /local-news/2023-11-30/fifty-years-ago-an-activist-took-a-radical-step-to-highlight-mistreatment-of-native-americans Fifty years ago Diné activist Larry Casuse kidnapped the mayor of Gallup to bring attention to the violence and racism that Native people were facing in the border towns outside the Navajo Nation. After holding the mayor for several hours, the standoff ended with Casuse’s death. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:23:23 GMT /local-news/2023-11-30/fifty-years-ago-an-activist-took-a-radical-step-to-highlight-mistreatment-of-native-americans Jeanette DeDios