Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians

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bilateral treaty

The Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians is the 1868 agreement that ended the Navajos’ forced exile at Bosque Redondo and established the boundaries of the modern Navajo Reservation.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Bosque Redondo	4
1868 Treaty with the Navajo	1
Navajo Treaty of 1868	1
Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians canonical	1
Treaty of Washington (1868) with the Navajo	1
United States–Navajo relations	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9848619 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians
Context triple: [Treaty of 1868, alsoKnownAs, Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians]

A. Cochise–Howard peace agreement
The Cochise–Howard peace agreement was an 1872 treaty negotiated by Apache leader Cochise and U.S. Army General Oliver O. Howard that ended years of conflict and established a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache in Arizona.
B. Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
C. Treaty of Point No Point
The Treaty of Point No Point was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Puget Sound region that ceded tribal lands in exchange for reservations, payments, and fishing rights.
D. United States–Cherokee treaty series
The United States–Cherokee treaty series is a collection of formal agreements negotiated between the U.S. government and the Cherokee Nation that shaped their political relations, land cessions, and legal status over time.
E. Treaty of Mesilla
The Treaty of Mesilla was an 1853 agreement between the United States and Mexico that finalized the Gadsden Purchase, transferring land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico to the U.S. to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad route.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians
Target entity description: The Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians is the 1868 agreement that ended the Navajos’ forced exile at Bosque Redondo and established the boundaries of the modern Navajo Reservation.

A. Cochise–Howard peace agreement
The Cochise–Howard peace agreement was an 1872 treaty negotiated by Apache leader Cochise and U.S. Army General Oliver O. Howard that ended years of conflict and established a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache in Arizona.
B. Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
C. Treaty of Point No Point
The Treaty of Point No Point was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Puget Sound region that ceded tribal lands in exchange for reservations, payments, and fishing rights.
D. United States–Cherokee treaty series
The United States–Cherokee treaty series is a collection of formal agreements negotiated between the U.S. government and the Cherokee Nation that shaped their political relations, land cessions, and legal status over time.
E. Treaty of Mesilla
The Treaty of Mesilla was an 1853 agreement between the United States and Mexico that finalized the Gadsden Purchase, transferring land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico to the U.S. to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad route.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Navajo Treaty of 1868 ⓘ linked to: Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians Treaty of 1868 ⓘ Treaty of Bosque Redondo ⓘ linked to: Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians
appliesToTerritory	Navajo Reservation in present-day Arizona ⓘ Navajo Reservation in present-day New Mexico ⓘ Navajo Reservation in present-day Utah ⓘ
countryParty	Navajo Nation ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
endedConflict	forced exile of the Navajo at Bosque Redondo ⓘ
endedEvent	Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ
established	boundaries of the Navajo Reservation ⓘ modern Navajo homeland within the United States ⓘ
hasEffectOn	federal trust responsibility toward the Navajo Nation ⓘ land rights of the Navajo people ⓘ sovereignty of the Navajo Nation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Reconstruction era ⓘ
imposedObligationOn	Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ
inForce	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	binding federal treaty under United States law ⓘ ratified by the United States Senate ⓘ
obligation	Navajo to allow construction of roads and telegraph lines ⓘ Navajo to cease hostilities against United States citizens ⓘ Navajo to send children to government schools ⓘ linked to: Native American boarding school movement United States to provide annual rations for a limited period ⓘ United States to provide seeds and farming implements ⓘ
providedFor	appointment of a United States Indian agent for the Navajo ⓘ creation of a reservation for the Navajo in their traditional territory ⓘ distribution of livestock and agricultural tools to the Navajo ⓘ establishment of schools for Navajo children ⓘ return of the Navajo people from Bosque Redondo to their homeland ⓘ
relatedTo	Bosque Redondo reservation ⓘ linked to: Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation Fort Sumner internment of the Navajo ⓘ linked to: Fort Sumner internment camp Long Walk to Bosque Redondo ⓘ
signatoryRepresentative	Navajo leaders ⓘ linked to: Navajo leader Manuelito United States government officials ⓘ linked to: United States federal officials
signingDate	1868-06-01 ⓘ
signingLocation	Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory ⓘ linked to: Fort Sumner
subjectOf	Native American treaty rights jurisprudence ⓘ United States–Navajo relations ⓘ linked to: Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians
tribalParty	Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ
yearSigned	1868 ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Treaty of 1868 → alsoKnownAs → Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ

Treaty of 1868 → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Bosque Redondo ⓘ