The Long Walk: The Forced Navajo ExileIn 1863, the Diné (Navajo) faced transformations to their way of life with the Americans' determination to first subjugate and then remove them to a reservation in order to begin their assimilation to American culture. This book exposes the series of even |
Contents
Who are the Dine? | 7 |
American Expansion and Navajo Resistance | 22 |
The Forced Relocation to New Mexico | 48 |
Bosque Redondo Hweeldi | 69 |
Remembering the Long Walk and Hweeldi | 96 |
Chronology | 121 |
Notes | 126 |
| 131 | |
Further Reading | 135 |
Credits | 136 |
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