Credits for
This Adventure

Animated Maps of the Long Walk

• Four Primary Routes of The Long Walk
• The Long Walk, New Mexico, 1863 - 1866
  

Photos

• Interactive Image Tour of Fort Sumner and Bosque Redondo

Historic Documents Online

• Historic Documents Related to the U.S.-Navajo Treaty of 1868
  

Other Online Resources -- New Mexico and the Long Walk

1. Bosque Redondo Memorial (Museum of New Mexico)
2. The Long Walk to Bosque Redondo (Smithsonian Magazine)
3. Christopher Kit Carson (American Western History Museum)
4. Kit Carson: American Hero
5. WestWeb

Using a Search Engine

To find more resources online, try using one of the search engines listed below. Experiment with typing in keywords such as Navajo, Bosque Redondo, Fort Sumner, Long Walk, Kit Carson, New Mexico history, American West, or any others that you might think of.

Books and Articles

Here are a couple of books that deal with the Long Walk and New Mexico in 1864. What information can you find in your library?

1. McNitt, Frank. "The Long March: 1863-1867." The Changing Ways of Southwestern Indians. Albert H. Schroeder, ed. Glorieta, New Mexico: The Rio Grande Press, 1973. 145-169.
2. Foote, Cheryl J. Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912. Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1990.