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Navajo Long Walk

Nation to Nation: treaties between the United States & American Indian Nations by Suzan Shown Harjo (Editor); Kevin Gover (Contribution by); Philip J. Deloria (Contribution by); Hank Adams (Contribution by); N. Scott Momaday (Contribution by)
Call Number: 342.73 HARJ NATI 2014

ISBN: 9781588344786

Publication Date: 2014-09-30

Naal Tsoos Sani Navajo Treaty of 1868, p. 121-122.
Navajo roundup;: Selected correspondence of Kit Carson's expedition against the Navajo, 1863-1865
Call Number: ON ORDER
Navajo Stories of the Long Walk Period by Ruth Roessel
Call Number: Available on interlibrary loan

ISBN: 9780912586168

Publication Date: 1973-01-01

For the first time, one of the great tragedies of our country's history - none in which the Navajos were the victims- is being represented from the Navajo point of view and by the Navajos themselves.
Oral history stories of the long walk by Diné of the Eastern Region of the Navajo Reservation
Call Number: Ebook

Publication Date: 1990

Retelling of stories passed down from Navajo wo were on the Long Walk to this retelling from their decedents.

To the People of New Mexico - an Open Letter by James Carleton
Begins on page 355.
Open Letter from Brigadier General James H. Carleton defending his establishment of an internment camp for the Navajo people after the Long Walk.
Aside from the Open Letter, the rest of this article analyzes the history around the Bosque Redondo internment camp and the Long Walk.
Treaty Between the United States and the Navajo Indians Signed at Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory
For years, the Navajo defended their land against Mexican and New Mexican slave traders and livestock raiders. In 1848, the U.S. Army arrived. Between 1863 and 1866, the army marched about 11,500 Diné people 400 miles to a desolate reservation at Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. In 1868, the Navajo became the only Native Nation to use a treaty to escape removal and return to their home. This treaty was written on paper taken from an army ledger book. Article 2 is the crucial one that defines the Navajo reservation.