Barboncito
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Barboncito or Hastiin Dághaaʼ was a Navajo political and spiritual leader.
Barboncito, c. 1865
Treaty of Bosque Redondo
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The Treaty of Bosque Redondo also the Navajo Treaty of 1868 or Treaty of Fort Sumner, Navajo Naal Tsoos Sani or Naaltsoos Sání was an agreement between the Navajo and the US Federal Government signed
Barboncito
…a diminished portion of their original lands. The Navajos chose the last option. On June 1, 1868, the Navajo leaders, including Barboncito, signed the Treaty of Bosque Redondo with the U.S. government. As reprinted in Wilcombe Washburn's American Indian and the United States: A Documentary History, the agreement begins: "From…
First page of the Treaty of Bosque Redondo
Navajo under guard at Bosque Redondo
Marker where the signing of the treaty took place
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