Navajo - The Long Walk, Part 3
When the Navajo refused to give up their homes and land, Kit Carson and his soldiers embarked on a "scorched earth" policy about a year before General Sherman began his "March to the Sea."
Then ... Kit Carson and his men killed the Navajo sheep—which were like part of a Navajo's family—and many of the Navajo people began to surrender. General Carlson's original vision, of relocating the Navajo away from their ancestral homeland, was about to begin.
Navajos were escorted from their homelands as they made "The Long Walk" to Bosque Rodondo. Many walked 350 miles, or more.
See, also:
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - Part 1
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - Part 2
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - Part 4
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - Part 5
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - Part 6
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - Part 7
The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo - Part 8
Media Credits
From "The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo" (2007) - a KUED documentary, produced by John Howe and narrated by Peter Coyote. Copyright, KUED, all rights reserved. Clip provided here as fair use for educational purposes and to acquaint new viewers with the production. Clip online, courtesy PBS.
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