Long Walk of the Navajo
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The Long Walk of the Navajo was the forced mid-19th-century relocation of the Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in what is now New Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Long Walk of the Navajo canonical | 8 |
| Long Walk | 1 |
| Navajo Long Walk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2160859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Long Walk of the Navajo Context triple: [Navajo people, historicalEvent, Long Walk of the Navajo]
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A.
Long Walk
Long Walk is the historic red-brick centerpiece of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, comprising a prominent row of Victorian Gothic academic buildings that define the main campus quadrangle.
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B.
Long Walk
Long Walk is a famous tree-lined ceremonial avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle into the surrounding parkland.
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C.
Tsankawi Trail
Tsankawi Trail is a scenic archaeological hiking route in New Mexico known for its ancestral Puebloan ruins, petroglyphs, and preserved footpaths carved into volcanic tuff.
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D.
Yuma Crossing
Yuma Crossing is a historic Colorado River crossing in Yuma, Arizona, long serving as a key transportation and migration route in the American Southwest.
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E.
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century overland trade and travel route connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico, that played a crucial role in westward expansion and commerce in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Long Walk of the Navajo Target entity description: The Long Walk of the Navajo was the forced mid-19th-century relocation of the Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in what is now New Mexico.
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A.
Long Walk
Long Walk is the historic red-brick centerpiece of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, comprising a prominent row of Victorian Gothic academic buildings that define the main campus quadrangle.
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B.
Long Walk
Long Walk is a famous tree-lined ceremonial avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle into the surrounding parkland.
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C.
Tsankawi Trail
Tsankawi Trail is a scenic archaeological hiking route in New Mexico known for its ancestral Puebloan ruins, petroglyphs, and preserved footpaths carved into volcanic tuff.
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D.
Yuma Crossing
Yuma Crossing is a historic Colorado River crossing in Yuma, Arizona, long serving as a key transportation and migration route in the American Southwest.
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E.
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century overland trade and travel route connecting Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico, that played a crucial role in westward expansion and commerce in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethnic cleansing
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forced march ⓘ forced relocation ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Long Walk of the Navajo
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surface form:
Long Walk
Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ
surface form:
Navajo Long Walk
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| appliesToJurisdiction | New Mexico Territory ⓘ |
| cause |
U.S. military campaign against the Navajo
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expansionist policies of the United States ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
educational programs about Navajo history
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memorials on the Navajo Nation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
brutal march
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forced displacement ⓘ |
| endDate | 1866 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
disruption of Navajo culture
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disruption of Navajo economy ⓘ disruption of Navajo social structures ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonial violence
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forced assimilation policies ⓘ loss of land ⓘ survival and resilience of the Navajo people ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| location |
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
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surface form:
Bosque Redondo
Fort Sumner ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory
Navajo homelands in the American Southwest ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleAffected | thousands of Navajo people ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some U.S. officials critical of Bosque Redondo policy ⓘ |
| participant | Navajo people ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indian Removal policy of the United States
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surface form:
United States Indian removal policies
history of New Mexico ⓘ history of United States–Native American relations ⓘ history of the Navajo Nation ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
United States Army
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United States government ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Navajo Nation as a defining historical trauma ⓘ |
| result |
death of many Navajo people
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internment of Navajo people at Bosque Redondo ⓘ long-term trauma for the Navajo Nation ⓘ loss of Navajo traditional homelands ⓘ |
| routeEnd |
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
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surface form:
Bosque Redondo
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| routeStart |
Navajo homelands in present-day Arizona
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Navajo homelands in present-day New Mexico ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
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surface form:
Bosque Redondo Reservation
Fort Sumner ⓘ |
| startDate | 1863 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Long Walk of the Navajo Description of subject: The Long Walk of the Navajo was the forced mid-19th-century relocation of the Navajo people by the U.S. government, involving brutal marches to an internment camp at Bosque Redondo in what is now New Mexico.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner (Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment site)
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commemorates
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Long Walk of the Navajo
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this entity surface form:
Navajo Long Walk
this entity surface form:
Long Walk