Navajo Long walk tells the story of the Navajo people’s forced journey from their beloved homeland to the Bosque Redondo, a journey of 470 miles. Americans Colonels and Generals such as General James H Carleton and Kit Carson believed that the Navajo people were enemies and that they should be defeated in battle and then removed completely from their lands. Though Navajos tried desperately to reason with General Carleton, he refused to see reason or listen to the Navajo side of the story. The combination of illustrations and text (text by Brachac and illustrations by Begay) tell the story of the suffering of the Navajo people as they faced fatigue, starvation, and death during their journey as well as the renewed sense of hope as they were finally allowed to return to their beloved land and live in peace.
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