Long Walk of the Navajo

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ethnic cleansing forced march forced relocation historical event

The Long Walk of the Navajo was the forced mid-19th-century relocation of the Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in what is now New Mexico.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Long Walk of the Navajo canonical	15
Navajo Long Walk	2
Long Walk	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2160859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Long Walk of the Navajo
Context triple: [Navajo people, historicalEvent, Long Walk of the Navajo]

A. Long Walk
Long Walk is the historic red-brick centerpiece of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, comprising a prominent row of Victorian Gothic academic buildings that define the main campus quadrangle.
B. Long Walk
Long Walk is a famous tree-lined ceremonial avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle into the surrounding parkland.
C. Tsankawi Trail
Tsankawi Trail is a scenic archaeological hiking route in New Mexico known for its ancestral Puebloan ruins, petroglyphs, and preserved footpaths carved into volcanic tuff.
D. Yuma Crossing
Yuma Crossing is a historic Colorado River crossing in Yuma, Arizona, long serving as a key transportation and migration route in the American Southwest.
E. Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century overland trade and travel route connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico, that played a crucial role in westward expansion and commerce in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Long Walk of the Navajo
Target entity description: The Long Walk of the Navajo was the forced mid-19th-century relocation of the Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in what is now New Mexico.

A. Long Walk
Long Walk is the historic red-brick centerpiece of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, comprising a prominent row of Victorian Gothic academic buildings that define the main campus quadrangle.
B. Long Walk
Long Walk is a famous tree-lined ceremonial avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle into the surrounding parkland.
C. Tsankawi Trail
Tsankawi Trail is a scenic archaeological hiking route in New Mexico known for its ancestral Puebloan ruins, petroglyphs, and preserved footpaths carved into volcanic tuff.
D. Yuma Crossing
Yuma Crossing is a historic Colorado River crossing in Yuma, Arizona, long serving as a key transportation and migration route in the American Southwest.
E. Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century overland trade and travel route connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico, that played a crucial role in westward expansion and commerce in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic cleansing ⓘ forced march ⓘ forced relocation ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Long Walk ⓘ linked to: Long Walk of the Navajo Navajo Long Walk ⓘ linked to: Long Walk of the Navajo
appliesToJurisdiction	New Mexico Territory ⓘ
cause	U.S. military campaign against the Navajo ⓘ expansionist policies of the United States ⓘ
commemoratedBy	educational programs about Navajo history ⓘ memorials on the Navajo Nation ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describedAs	brutal march ⓘ forced displacement ⓘ
endDate	1866 ⓘ
hasEffect	disruption of Navajo culture ⓘ disruption of Navajo economy ⓘ disruption of Navajo social structures ⓘ
hasTheme	colonial violence ⓘ forced assimilation policies ⓘ loss of land ⓘ survival and resilience of the Navajo people ⓘ
historicalPeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ
location	Bosque Redondo ⓘ linked to: Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory ⓘ linked to: Fort Sumner Navajo homelands in the American Southwest ⓘ
numberOfPeopleAffected	thousands of Navajo people ⓘ
opposedBy	some U.S. officials critical of Bosque Redondo policy ⓘ
participant	Navajo people ⓘ
partOf	United States Indian removal policies ⓘ linked to: Indian Removal policy of the United States history of New Mexico ⓘ history of United States–Native American relations ⓘ history of the Navajo Nation ⓘ
perpetrator	United States Army ⓘ United States government ⓘ
recognizedBy	Navajo Nation as a defining historical trauma ⓘ
result	death of many Navajo people ⓘ internment of Navajo people at Bosque Redondo ⓘ long-term trauma for the Navajo Nation ⓘ loss of Navajo traditional homelands ⓘ
routeEnd	Bosque Redondo ⓘ linked to: Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
routeStart	Navajo homelands in present-day Arizona ⓘ Navajo homelands in present-day New Mexico ⓘ
significantPlace	Bosque Redondo Reservation ⓘ linked to: Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation Fort Sumner ⓘ
startDate	1863 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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

Navajo people → historicalEvent → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner (Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment site) → commemorates → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Navajo Wars → hasPart → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Long Walk of the Navajo → alsoKnownAs → Navajo Long Walk ⓘ

linked to: Long Walk of the Navajo

Long Walk of the Navajo → alsoKnownAs → Long Walk ⓘ

linked to: Long Walk of the Navajo

Treaty of 1868 → historicalContext → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Treaty of 1868 → precededBy → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

James Henry Carleton → notableFor → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation → partOf → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation → event → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Diné → historicalEventExperienced → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 → ended → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

subject linked to: Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 (as foundational context)

Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 → historicalContext → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

subject linked to: Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 (as foundational context)

Indian Wars in the Southwest → includesEvent → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Long Walk to Bosque Redondo → alsoKnownAs → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Long Walk to Bosque Redondo → alsoKnownAs → Navajo Long Walk ⓘ

linked to: Long Walk of the Navajo

Blood and Thunder → notableEventDepicted → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians → endedEvent → Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ

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