Long Walk of the Navajo
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The Long Walk of the Navajo, also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, was the deportation and forced relocation of the Navajo people by the United States federal government and the United States a
Manuelito, studio portrait, c. 1897
Barboncito, c. 1865
Undated photo of Kit Carson from the Library of Congress
A U.S. soldier stands guard over Navajo people during the Long Walk.
Navajo
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The Navajo are an Indigenous People of the Southwestern United States. The Navajo term for themselves is Diné. Their language is Navajo, a Southern Athabaskan language. The states with the largest Din
Long Walk of the Navajo
…Walk of the Navajo, also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo (Spanish: larga caminata del navajo), was the deportation and forced relocation of the Navajo people by the United States federal government and the United States army. Navajos were forced to walk from their land in western New Mexico Territory (modern-day…
A 19th-century hogan
"The Indigenous People of Northern New Mexico," by Balduin Möllhausen, 1861
Navajo woman and child, circa 1880–1910