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What was the treaty of 1868. Navajo treaty of 1868 summary.Navajo Treaty of 1868 • January 14th, 2024
The Navajo fought against Mexican and New Mexican raiders for their land. In 1848, the U.S. Army came. From 1863 to 1866, the army forced about 11,500 Diné people to walk 400 miles to a barren reservation at Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. In 1868, the Navajo were the only Native Nation to use a treaty to leave the reservation and go back to their home. retuwagatena This treaty was written on paper from an army ledger book. Article 2 is the important one that sets the Navajo reservation. Image: National Archives, Washington, DC | Transcript: From Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, by Charles J. teyivehekofefu Kappler, 1904; digitized by Oklahoma State University. June 1, 1868. | 15 Stats., p. 667. bekavo | Ratified July 25, 1868. | Proclaimed Aug. 12, 1868. Articles of a treaty and agreement made at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on June 1, 1868, by the United States, represented by its commissioners, Lieutenant-General W. T. Sherman and Colonel Samuel F. Tappan, and the Navajo Nation or tribe
