Transcript Navajo Long Walk

NAVAJO LONG WALK
By Adara Tran, Erin McCone,
Emily DiMarcantonio
WHO WERE THE NAVAJO INDIANS?
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Indians that lived in places like New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah, and Colorado
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Largest tribe of Indians in North America
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Lived in homes called Hogans
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Were forced out of there homes and moved
onto reservations
WHO WERE THE NAVAJO INDIANS? (2)
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They raised corn, bean and squash
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Men hunted deer and other small game
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Women collected nuts, fruits, and herbs
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Used sheep for wool and horses for
transportation
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Called them selves the “Dine” tribe
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Mainly Nomadic
WHO WAS INVOLVED?
The Navajo Indians
 Kit Carson destroyed their farms, homes, and
killed their animals
 He forced about 8,000 Indians to walk to Ft.
Sumner
 He forced into Reservations to “tame”
them
 Reservations were ill planned
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WHAT CAUSED THE NAVAJO LONG WALK?
•Indian Removal act
•Americans wanted the Indians off “their”
land, which the Indians had owned all their
life
•Kit Carson wanted them off the land so that
he would be able to open the land for
mining
ADDITION FACTS OF THE LONG WALK
Gold was supposedly found under the Indian’s
land, making it valuable
 Indians had to walk hours a day, the
reservation was 300 miles away
 Indian’s had to carry their dead for 3 days at a
time, because the soldiers only allowed them
to bury the dead every 3 days.
 There is a movie about this called “Tears of the
Navajo”
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://aihecvl.org/pathfinders/longwalk/index.htm
 http://www.logoi.com/
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