Second Saturday: The Dineh Tah' Navajo Dancers and the Legacy of General William T. Sherman

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On June 1, 1868, representatives of the United States government and the Navajo Nation signed a treaty that allowed the Diné to return to their ancestral homelands (Dinétah). The Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 was negotiated by two members of the 1867-68 Indian Peace Commission at Fort Sumner. Today, the treaty is an important symbol of Diné sovereignty and what it means to live as Diné people.  Shawn Price director of the Dine'Tah Navajo Cultural Program, will discuss General William Tecumseh Sherman’s role as a Peace Commissioner, in the Post-Civil war era and the negotiation that led to the treaty.

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