Treaty of 1868
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The Treaty of 1868 was the agreement between the United States and the Navajo that ended the Navajo’s forced exile at Bosque Redondo and established their reservation in their traditional homeland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaty of 1868 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2160861 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaty of 1868 Context triple: [Navajo people, treaty, Treaty of 1868]
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A.
Treaty of 23 December 1865
The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
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B.
Treaty of Shimoda
The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
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C.
Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
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Treaty of Shimonoseki
The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
- 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: Treaty of 1868 Target entity description: The Treaty of 1868 was the agreement between the United States and the Navajo that ended the Navajo’s forced exile at Bosque Redondo and established their reservation in their traditional homeland.
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A.
Treaty of 23 December 1865
The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.
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B.
Treaty of Shimoda
The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
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C.
Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
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D.
Treaty of Shimonoseki
The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
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E.
Treaty of Fort Finney
The Treaty of Fort Finney was a 1786 agreement in which several Shawnee leaders ceded large tracts of land in the Ohio River Valley to the United States, helping set the stage for escalating conflicts that became the Northwest Indian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal-tribal treaty
ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ historical document ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 (as foundational context)
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surface form:
Navajo Treaty of 1868
Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Tribe of Indians ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Bosque Redondo
|
| archivedAt | National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual observances by the Navajo Nation ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1868-06-01 ⓘ |
| ended |
Navajo internment at Bosque Redondo
ⓘ
forced exile of the Navajo at Bosque Redondo ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAffected |
Navajo people
ⓘ
surface form:
Navajo
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| guaranteed |
protection of the Navajo reservation by the United States
ⓘ
right of the Navajo to live within a defined reservation ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Long Walk of the Navajo
ⓘ
post–American Civil War Indian policy ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Navajo–United States agreements ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | ratified treaty ⓘ |
| limited | Navajo reservation boundaries ⓘ |
| locationSigned |
Fort Sumner
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory
|
| partOf | series of 19th-century U.S.–Native American treaties ⓘ |
| party |
Navajo people
ⓘ
United States government ⓘ |
| precededBy | Long Walk of the Navajo ⓘ |
| providedFor |
allocation of reservation lands to the Navajo
ⓘ
appointment of a United States Indian agent for the Navajo ⓘ establishment of schools on the Navajo reservation ⓘ issuance of seeds and farming tools to the Navajo ⓘ provision of livestock to the Navajo ⓘ |
| ratificationYear | 1868 ⓘ |
| ratifiedBy | United States Senate ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
ⓘ
surface form:
Bosque Redondo reservation
Fort Sumner internment of Navajo ⓘ |
| required |
Navajo children to attend school
ⓘ
Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 (as foundational context) ⓘ
surface form:
Navajo to allow construction of railroads and telegraph lines
Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 (as foundational context) ⓘ
surface form:
Navajo to cease hostilities against United States citizens
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| resultedIn |
creation of a reservation in present-day Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
ⓘ
establishment of a Navajo reservation ⓘ return of Navajo people to portions of their traditional homelands ⓘ |
| signatory |
Navajo Nation
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United States–Native American treaties
ⓘ
surface form:
United States–Navajo relations
|
| tribeInvolved |
Diné
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surface form:
Diné (Navajo) people
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| typeOfAgreement | peace treaty ⓘ |
| yearSigned | 1868 ⓘ |
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Subject: Treaty of 1868 Description of subject: The Treaty of 1868 was the agreement between the United States and the Navajo that ended the Navajo’s forced exile at Bosque Redondo and established their reservation in their traditional homeland.
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