Treaty of 1868

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The Treaty of 1868 was the agreement between the United States and the Navajo that ended the Navajo’s forced exile at Bosque Redondo and established their reservation in their traditional homeland.

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Treaty of 1868 canonical 3

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instanceOf United States federal-tribal treaty ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Navajo Treaty of 1868 ⓘ
Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ
Treaty of Bosque Redondo ⓘ
archivedAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual observances by the Navajo Nation ⓘ
dateSigned 1868-06-01 ⓘ
ended Navajo internment at Bosque Redondo ⓘ
forced exile of the Navajo at Bosque Redondo ⓘ
ethnicGroupAffected Navajo ⓘ
linked to: Navajo people
guaranteed protection of the Navajo reservation by the United States ⓘ
right of the Navajo to live within a defined reservation ⓘ
historicalContext Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ
post–American Civil War Indian policy ⓘ
influenced subsequent Navajo–United States agreements ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus ratified treaty ⓘ
limited Navajo reservation boundaries ⓘ
locationSigned Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory ⓘ
linked to: Fort Sumner
partOf series of 19th-century U.S.–Native American treaties ⓘ
party Navajo people ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
precededBy Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ
providedFor allocation of reservation lands to the Navajo ⓘ
appointment of a United States Indian agent for the Navajo ⓘ
establishment of schools on the Navajo reservation ⓘ
issuance of seeds and farming tools to the Navajo ⓘ
provision of livestock to the Navajo ⓘ
ratificationYear 1868 ⓘ
ratifiedBy United States Senate ⓘ
relatedTo Bosque Redondo reservation ⓘ
Fort Sumner internment of Navajo ⓘ
required Navajo children to attend school ⓘ
Navajo to allow construction of railroads and telegraph lines ⓘ
Navajo to cease hostilities against United States citizens ⓘ
resultedIn creation of a reservation in present-day Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah ⓘ
establishment of a Navajo reservation ⓘ
return of Navajo people to portions of their traditional homelands ⓘ
signatory Navajo Nation ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
subjectOf United States–Navajo relations ⓘ
tribeInvolved Diné (Navajo) people ⓘ
linked to: Diné
typeOfAgreement peace treaty ⓘ
yearSigned 1868 ⓘ

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