Long Walk to Bosque Redondo

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atrocity ethnic cleansing forced relocation historical event

Long Walk to Bosque Redondo refers to the forced 1860s relocation of thousands of Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in New Mexico.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Long Walk to Bosque Redondo canonical 1
Navajo internment at Bosque Redondo 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf atrocity ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ
forced relocation ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
aftermath return of many Navajo to a portion of their homeland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Long Walk of the Navajo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Navajo Long Walk NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause U.S. expansionist policy ⓘ
desire for Navajo lands ⓘ
settler colonialism ⓘ
commemoratedAt Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy Navajo Nation memorials ⓘ
conditions disease ⓘ
exposure ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
violence ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
destination Bosque Redondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ
distance approximately 300 miles ⓘ
approximately 480 kilometers ⓘ
endDate 1866 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths hundreds ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfDeported 8000 ⓘ
9000 ⓘ
internmentSite Bosque Redondo Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Sumner internment camp NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Arizona Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
method forced march ⓘ
scorched-earth campaign ⓘ
militaryCommander Kit Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy General James Henry Carleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf American Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetratedBy United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs human rights violation ⓘ
result destruction of Navajo crops and livestock ⓘ
internment of Navajo people ⓘ
long-term trauma for Navajo people ⓘ
loss of life ⓘ
mass displacement ⓘ
significance central event in Navajo history ⓘ
symbol of Indigenous displacement in the United States ⓘ
startDate 1863 ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Bosque Redondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatyDate 1868 ⓘ
victim Diné NERFINISHED ⓘ
Navajo people NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Navajo Wars → hasPart → Long Walk to Bosque Redondo ⓘ
Village of Fort Sumner, New Mexico → historicallyAssociatedWith → Long Walk to Bosque Redondo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Navajo internment at Bosque Redondo