answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Because it freed the Navajos and prevented us from keeping us at Fort Sumner and getting sent to Oklahoma where some of the Indian tribes are at. It kept us in our homeland in Arizona. It saved our lifes.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: How does the Navajo Treaty of 1868 different from Treaty 1840?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Continue Learning about Movies & Television

What treaty gave the Sioux Indians hunting rights in the Black Hills?

The Sioux Treaty of 1868.


What does the colors and symbols mean on the Navajos flag represent?

On a tan background, the outline of the present Nation is shown in copper color with the original 1868 Treaty Reservation in Dark Brown. At the cardinal points in the tan field are the four sacred mountains. A rainbow symbolizing Navajo sovereignty arches over the Nation and the sacred mountains. In the center of the Nation, a circular symbol depicts the sun above two green stalks of corn, which surrounds three animals representing the Navajo livestock economy, and a traditional hogan and modern home. Between the hogan and the house is an oil derrick symbolizing the resource potential of the Tribe, and above this are representations of the wild fauna of the Nation. At the top near the sun, the modern sawmill symbolizes the progress and industry characteristic of the Navajo Nation's economic development.


How did the apache resistance differ from that the of the Navajo?

They stole their candy


What happened to the Navajo Indians when white settlers came?

The Navajo people had first contact with Europeans in about 1540 when Spanish expeditions came though the area. The first and largest effect is they gained sheep and horses which became important to their culture. They had little contact with settlers in the Rio Grande valley for the first 100 years. They met them at trade fairs and there was some raiding and forth. The Navajo for sheep and horses, the Spanish for slaves. In 1680 the Great Pueblo Revolt happened. It is believed that at that time some refugees from the conflict came and intermarried with the Navajo. In the 1700s the Spanish demand for Navajo slaves led to the Comanche and the Ute and Kiowa getting into extensive slave raids and trading. This was very difficult on the Navajo and caused counter raids. In the early 1800s Mexico gained independence. The slave raids continued. At that time about 1/3 of the population of New Mexico and close to a similar ratio in northern Mexico were descendants of those slaves who had lost their tribal roots. In New Mexico these people are known as Genizaros. In 1846 the US gained theoretical control over New Mexico and Arizona. The Spanish had never successfully controlled or colonized the Navajo areas. The raids and counter raids with the now American army continued and grew. The slavery did not stop. In 1863-4 the American army led a scorched earth campaign against the Navajo. They meant they burned crops, homes, storehouses, killed livestock until the Navajo were defeated by starvation in the winter. From 1864-8 the Navajo were forced onto the Long Walk to live in an interment camp. Many died on the way and many more in the camps of disease. In 1868 the Navajo were allowed to return to their traditional lands. The slavery issue continued even after the Civil War in New Mexico up into the 1880s. Most of where they live was not desirable to settlers. The lands they were given were expanded from 1868 to 1934 until they are today 27,000 square miles. About the same as Holland and Belgium combined. Some areas in New Mexico were wanted by settlers and they had powerful Senators. That land for oil and gas and grazing was taken from them after it was given in the late 1800s. Today there are 300,000 members of the Navajo Nation.


How the Navajo nation was established?

The modern political entity of the Navajo Nation within the United States had it's start when The US took all the lands including it from the Mexican Government following the Mexican American War in 1848. The US had little control or influence over the area until the US Army attacked and defeated the Navajo people and forced the majority to a internment camp in New Mexico. Following the scandals around the running of the camp, a treaty was signed and the Navajo were allowed to return to a portion of their home in 1868. This land was gradually added to it until by 1934 it was 27,000 square miles. However, they had little political control of their territory. It was all run by the US government. The Navajo business Council was started by the US government in 1922. In 1927 the Chapters were formed and by 1933 there were 100. Chapters are a form of local government, in size like counties. In 1937 after the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934, the Navajo Tribal Council was formed. These were largely puppet governing bodies as the BIA retained full control into the mid 1960s. With more federal grants going directly to the tribes and the politics of the 1960s by 1970 Nixon advocated for Native American self rule. Following the example of the Zuni government who sought to take control of the BIA's functions and the 1968 Indian Civil Rights Act and Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, the Navajo government slowly came into it's own as the self governing elected body it is today. The BIA can no longer control it or vet candidates or void elections or lock the tribal council out s it once did.

Related questions

How many Navajo treaties in 1868?

The treaty in 1868 was called : "Navajo Treaty of 1868" Fort Sumner, New Mexico, June 1, 1868 Ratification August 12, 1868 It starts: "Whereas a Treaty was made and concluded at Fort Sumner, in the Territory of New Mexico, on the first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, by and between Lieutenant General W.T. Sherman and Samuel F. Tappan, Commissioners, on the part of the United States, and Barboncito, Armijo, and other Chiefs and Headmen of the Navajo tribes of Indians, on the part of said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which Treaty is in the words and figures following" It was the one that allowed the Navajo to move back to a potion of their traditional lands. It created the first Navajo Reservation. The Navajo Nation is much bigger now.


When was Navajo Nation created?

Navajo Nation was created on 1868-06-01.


What was the Treaty of 1868?

an treaty between the Lakota Nation and the US government signed in 1868


Is the Sioux treaty of 1868 and fort laramie treaty the same?

yes


How many treaties were signed between US and Navajo nation by the end of 1868?

9


What treaty gave the Sioux Indians hunting rights in the Black Hills?

The Sioux Treaty of 1868.


When was the Navajo Indians first established?

The modern US entity known as the Navajo Reservation was started in a much smaller land area with the Treaty of 1868 when the Navajo people were allowed to return home from imprisonment in Bosque Redondo. The people known as Navajo probably differentiated themselves from other Apachean groups around 9D0-1100 AD. Both traditional stories of emergence fro the world before and modern archeology agree with this approximate date.


Fort laramie treaty of 1868?

The Treaty of Fort Laramie, or the Sioux Treaty of 1868, was an treaty between the Lakota Nation and the US government signed in 1868. It was signed in Fort Laramie, which was in the Wyoming Territory. The agreement was that the Lakota would own the Black Hills, and other land, and also for the hunting rights in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. This treaty has also ended Red Cloud's War. i do not no this answer and aperantly the guy who wrote all of that dont either....


When was Adolph de Meyer born?

Adolph de Meyer was born in 1868.


What was one reason for the Burlingame Treaty in 1868?

The West had a shortage of workers, and China had many workers.


Why did American business leaders support the Burlingame Treaty in 1868?

They wanted cheap labor in the West.


Are the Navajos still alive?

Yes! Check the related link. As of 2012 there are over 300,000 enrolled members of the Navajo Nation. Not only are they still alive but this is more Navajo than there have ever been. They are thriving. In 1864 there were between 15,000 and 20,000 Navajo. In 1868 there were about 10,00- 15,000. By 1900 there were about 30,000. They have increased tenfold since then. The Navajo Nation land area has gone from 5,200 square miles in 1868 to 27,425 square miles today. They also have the largest irrigated farm in the United States.