By Peter Iverson; Jennifer Denetdale
ISBN-10: 0791085953
ISBN-13: 9780791085950
Lately, the Navajos were more and more venerated for his or her position as 'code talkers' in the course of international warfare II, as evidenced through the 2002 motion picture Windtalkers. The Navajos principally live on a 25,000-square-mile reservation within the 4 Corners quarter of the yankee Southwest. Into the fourth global -- The evolution of Navajo tradition -- The lengthy stroll -- The weaving jointly of a humans -- The time of cattle aid -- the fashionable Navajo period starts off -- The Navajo kingdom -- The Navajos within the twenty-first century
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Brigadier General James Carleton conceived of an assimilation plan for Navajos: they would be removed to Bosque Redondo, near Fort Sumner in northeastern New Mexico. There, the Diné would become farmers, live in villages, be instructed in Christianity, and send their children to American schools. To force Navajos to surrender, Carleton enlisted Kit Carson, who implemented a “scorch and burn” policy. In 1863, Carson and his men crisscrossed Dinétah and destroyed cornfields, slaughtered livestock, burned hogans, and cut down peach orchards.
Despite language differences, communication increased between the Pueblos and the Navajos, as did the influences each group had on the other’s way of life. Today it is often difficult to tell who learned what from whom. It is known, however, that some Navajo men married women from such communities as Jemez Pueblo, and their descendants incorporated elements of Pueblo culture into the daily lives of the Navajos. Because many Pueblo people were skilled farmers, the Navajos may have learned ways to improve 25 26 THE NAVAJO their agricultural methods from this association, even though they themselves had been farming for generations prior to the Pueblo Revolt.
Army’s intrusion made it impossible for them to farm and store food. Some people began to surrender in groups so that they might remain together. These groups gathered at Fort Wingate and nearby Fort Defiance in central New Mexico Territory, the points from which they were to begin their journey to Bosque Redondo. It soon became apparent that there were far more Navajo people than Carleton had anticipated. By the end of 1864, some eight thousand Navajos had surrendered. All would be forced to endure the indignity of the march to Fort Sumner and confinement along the Pecos River.
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