Navajo Treaty, August 20, 1868. [Signed June 1, 1868]
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149047
Title
Navajo Treaty , August 20 , 1868 . [Signed June 1 , 1868]
Date
1868
Type
Text
Description
The United States government signed a total of eight treaties with the Navajo between 1846 and 1868 . The U.S . Senate ratified only two--in 1849 and 1868 . The Navajo Treaty of 1868 , signed on June 1 , represents a document of liberation but also a reminder of the many deaths that occurred during the "Long Walk " and brutal incarceration of Navajo (Diné) People at Hwéeldi or Fort Sumner , New Mexico (1846-1868) . The Treaty (called Naaltsoos Sáni) allowed the Navajo people to return to ancestral lands and established the legal sovereignty of the Navajo Nation . Of 21 federally-recognized tribes in Arizona , only the Navajo have a treaty with the United States . The signers included 23 Navajo leaders (Barboncito , Manuelito , Ganado Mucho , Narbono) , President Andrew Johnson , and Lt . General (Indian Peace Commissioner) W.T . Sherman . The NAU Cline Library was honored to serve as the exhibit venue for a display of the only extant copy of the Navajo Treaty of 1868 from June 1 , 1998 to June 1 , 1999 . Dr . Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie (NAU Navajo Language Program) organized the Treaty display and project , with support from the Navajo Nation and National Archives and Records Administration .
Language
English
Repository
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
Rights
This document resides in the public domain; however, permission for reproduction may need to be obtained from the National Archives.
References
A time line of Navajo foreign affairs, 1540-1846, and the Navajo-U.S. treaties of 1849 & 1868 : including translated copies of selected Navajo treaties with Spain and Mexico, and a listing of all eight Navajo-U.S. treaties / compiled by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie & Jack Utter. Publisher Flagstaff, Ariz. (NAU Box 6004, Flagstaff, Ariz. 86011-6004) : Friends of the Navajo Treaty Project, 1998
Subjects
Navajo Indians--History Navajo Indians--Legal status, laws, etc Navajo Indians--Treaties
Places
Flagstaff (Ariz.)--Maps Fort Sumner (N.M.) Navajo Indian Reservation
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Treaty
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2012-01-11
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