<P> The Long Walk of the Navajo , also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo ( Navajo : Hwéeldi ) , refers to the 1864 deportation and attempted ethnic cleansing of the Navajo people by the government of the United States of America . Navajos were forced to walk from their land in what is now Arizona to eastern New Mexico . Some 53 different forced marches occurred between August 1864 and the end of 1866 . Some anthropologists claim that the `` collective trauma of the Long Walk ... is critical to contemporary Navajos ' sense of identity as a people '' . </P>
<P> The Long Walk of the Navajo , also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo ( Navajo : Hwéeldi ) , refers to the 1864 deportation and attempted ethnic cleansing of the Navajo people by the government of the United States of America . Navajos were forced to walk from their land in what is now Arizona to eastern New Mexico . Some 53 different forced marches occurred between August 1864 and the end of 1866 . Some anthropologists claim that the `` collective trauma of the Long Walk ... is critical to contemporary Navajos ' sense of identity as a people '' . </P>
where did the long walk start and end
where did the long walk start and end
from their land in what is now Arizona to eastern New Mexico
from their land in what is now Arizona to eastern New Mexico