The Long Walk of 1864 — more than 8,500 Diné men, women, children and elders were marched over 300 miles from their homeland to Bosque Redondo on the Pecos River. Daily Post #4 Era 4 — The Long Walk & Fort Sumner · 9 min read The Long Walk: 300 Miles from Home — The…
The New Mexico frontier during the Mexican period, 1821–1848 — a generation of broken agreements and escalating conflict. Daily Post #3 Era 3 — Mexican Period & U.S. Wars · 8 min read Broken Promises: The Diné, the Mexican Period, and the Road to the Long Walk (1821–1863) When Mexico won its independence from Spain…
Daily Post #2 Era 2 — Spanish Contact · 7 min read When Two Worlds Met: The Diné and Spanish Contact in the 1500s The arrival of Spanish colonizers in the 1500s did not erase Diné culture — it transformed it. Horses, sheep, silver, and conflict reshaped the world inside Dinétah in ways that still…
Daily Post #1 Era 1 — Origins · 6 min read Who Are the Diné? The Origins of the Navajo People and Their Sacred Homeland Long before the name “Navajo” appeared on any map, the People called themselves Diné — and they understood their place in the world through four sacred mountains, a creation story,…