Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation

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former Indian reservation internment site

Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation was a 19th-century U.S. government internment site in New Mexico where thousands of Navajo (Diné) and Mescalero Apache were forcibly relocated and confined under harsh conditions.

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Label Occurrences
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Bosque Redondo Reservation 3
Bosque Redondo reservation 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Indian reservation ⓘ
internment site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Bosque Redondo Reservation

Fort Sumner Reservation ⓘ
condition harsh living conditions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
dissolved 1868 ⓘ
endTime 1868 ⓘ
estimatedPopulation hundreds of Mescalero Apache ⓘ
over 8,000 Navajo at peak ⓘ
ethnicGroupInterned Diné ⓘ
Mescalero Apache ⓘ
Navajo people ⓘ
surface form: Navajo
event Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ
governedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Office of Indian Affairs
hasCause U.S. military campaigns against Navajo and Mescalero Apache ⓘ
hasSite Bosque Redondo Memorial ⓘ
hasTheme U.S. federal Indian policy ⓘ
colonial violence against Indigenous peoples ⓘ
forced relocation ⓘ
heritageDesignation museum and memorial site ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
impactOnGroup devastation of Navajo communities ⓘ
displacement of Mescalero Apache ⓘ
inception 1863 ⓘ
locatedIn Fort Sumner ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay De Baca County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Pecos River NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryPost Fort Sumner ⓘ
namedAfter Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bosque Redondo
notableFor crop failures ⓘ
disease outbreaks ⓘ
high mortality among internees ⓘ
inadequate food supplies ⓘ
operatedBy United States Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army

United States government ⓘ
partOf United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: American Indian Wars

Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ
reasonForEstablishment forced relocation and confinement of Navajo and Mescalero Apache ⓘ
resultedIn return of many Navajo to parts of their homeland ⓘ
significantEvent escape of many Mescalero Apache in 1865 ⓘ
startTime 1863 ⓘ
treaty Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Bosque Redondo
treatySigned Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ
surface form: 1868 Treaty with the Navajo
usedFor internment of Mescalero Apache ⓘ
internment of Navajo (Diné) ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner (Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment site) → associatedWith → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
Navajo Wars → location → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo
Long Walk of the Navajo → location → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo
Long Walk of the Navajo → routeEnd → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo
Long Walk of the Navajo → significantPlace → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo Reservation
Treaty of 1868 → relatedTo → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo reservation
James Henry Carleton → placeOfDetentionEstablished → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo reservation
Village of Fort Sumner, New Mexico → hasNearbyReservationHistory → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo Reservation
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation → alsoKnownAs → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo Reservation
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation → namedAfter → Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosque Redondo