From that time until 1866, more than 10,000 Navajo were marched east—in the Long Walk—over several routes to Fort Sumner, also known as the Bosque Redondo reservation.

The A treaty was negotiated with the Navajos and they were allowed to return to their homeland, to a "new reservation." Shrewdly, Carleton supplied Delgadito well for the 350-mile trek to Fort Sumner.

Working on the Railroad pays tribute to the people who moved the rail industry throughout New Mexico. File Unit: Ratified Indian Treaty 372: Navaho (Navajo) - Fort Sumner, New Mexico, June 1, 1868, 6/1/1868 - 9/4/1868 Series: Indian Treaties, 1789 - 1869 Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006 Determined a failure in 1868, the reservation closed. They are prime specimens of … Located in Fort Sumner, NM.

Fort Sumner was a military fort in De Baca County in southeastern New Mexico charged with the internment of Navajo and Mescalero Apache populations from 1863-1868 at nearby Bosque Redondo. A unique museum designed by Navajo architect David Sloan - shaped like a hogan and a tepee - and an interpretive trail, provide information about the tragic history of Fort Sumner and Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation.

There they were joined by the thousands of Navajo who had been hiding out in the Arizona hinterlands. Beginning in the spring of 1864, the Army forced around 9,000 Navajo men, women, and children to walk over 300 miles (480 km) to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, for internment at Bosque Redondo.The internment at Bosque Redondo was disastrous for the Navajo, as the government failed to provide an adequate supply of water, wood, provisions, and livestock for the … Fort Sumner and Window Rock, Arizona, capital of the Navajo Nation, will host commemorative events.

This experience resulted in a more determined Navajo, and never again were they surprise raiders of the Rio Grande valley.Fort Sumner was abandoned in 1869 and purchased by rancher and cattle baron In 1968—one hundred years after the signing of the treaty that allowed the Navajo people to return to their original homes in the Very Slim Man, Navajo elder, quoted by Richard Van Valkenburgh, Indian Depredations in New Mexico, John S. Watts, Wash. D.C., 1858, 66 pages. FORT SUMNER, N.M. Meet Virgil, Summer and Megan, ages 12, 11 and 9, respectively, of Thoreau, N.M.







Hundreds of Mescalero Apaches were also interned there. Delgadito then returned and persuaded other … by Travel Navajo Online | Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized Photo Courtesy of Bosque Redondo Memorial Facebook Page.

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Making peace with a painful past. The first artwork ever to be displayed at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum belonged to Robert

Dodge brought with him a blacksmith and a Mexican Silversmith. It was here that the Navajo Treaty was signed on June 1 of 1868, creating a sovereign Navajo Nation. On October 31, 1862, Congress authorized the creation of Fort Sumner. There, the Navajo … An audio tour and signed trail guide visitors between the memorial and Fort Sumner.Open Wednesday-Sunday 8:30am - 5:00pm.

It was here that the Navajo Treaty was signed on June 1 of 1868, creating a sovereign Navajo Nation.

The Navajos lost 20 percent of the tribe due to the insufferable conditions.Determined a failure in 1868, the reservation closed.