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The Bosque Redondo Memorial and Fort Sumner Historic Site are located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southeast of Fort Sumner, New Mexico: 3 miles (4.8 km) east on US Route 60/US Route 84, then 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south on Billy the Kid Road.
Bosque Redondo Memorial. Like some internment camps involving several tribes, the Bosque Redondo had serious problems. About 400 Mescalero Apaches were placed there before the Navajos. The Mescaleros and the Navajo had a long tradition of raiding each other; the two tribes had many disputes during their encampment.
Fort Sumner is a village in and the county seat of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. [4] The population was 1,031 at the 2010 U.S. Census, [5] down from the figure of 1,249 recorded in 2000.
"Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering - A Place of Survival" is a new permanent exhibit at the Bosque Redondo Memorial in Fort Sumner. The exhibit takes you through the history of the Long Walk ...
A Place of Survival" at the Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site. The exhibit has been ... Jul. 13—With time and effort — change arrives. In the case of "The Long Walk" at ...
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The Treaty of Bosque Redondo (Spanish for "Round Forest") also the Navajo Treaty of 1868 or Treaty of Fort Sumner, Navajo Naal Tsoos Sani or Naaltsoos Sání [1] [2] [a]) was an agreement between the Navajo and the US Federal Government signed on June 1, 1868.
That copy went to the Bosque Redondo memorial for the anniversary of the treaty's signing. A third copy is thought to have been buried with Barboncito. [8] The exhibits are supplemented by items in the museum's gift shop, which offers books about Navajo culture, jewelry, and other items in the museum's collections. [6]