Long Walk of the Navajo
Summary
Host Don Wildman interviews Dr. Jennifer Dinette Dale about the Long Walk of the Navajo, a forced exile in the 1860s. They discuss the U.S. Army’s scorched-earth campaign led by Kit Carson, which destroyed Diné resistance at Canyon de Chelly and the harsh conditions at Bosque Redondo. The episode covers the trauma of displacement, the Treaty of 1868, and ongoing struggles for Diné sovereignty and cultural revitalization.
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