The Long Walk is not the only occasion in history where people in power have attempted to get rid of a certain group of people. Roughly 30 years prior to the Long Walk, the Trail of Tears was occurring on the opposite side of the United States. Like The Long Walk, the Trail of Tears was an effort at Indian removal. The Cherokee Tribe were forced to leave their land and march to Oklahoma against their will. The conditions of the Trail of Tears were similar to The Long Walk because of their horrifically poor conditions. People were forced to march despite poor weather and little to no food.
Less than 100 years later, the Holocaust occurred all throughout Europe. The Holocaust was an attempt made by Adolf Hitler to create a "perfect Aryan race" that was racially pure by eliminating the Jewish, homosexuals, and gypsies. Many of them were put in concentration camps just as the Navajo were put in Bosque Redondo, with horrendous conditions. (Where the Paths of the Jews and Navajo crossed, Huffington Post)
Less than 100 years later, the Holocaust occurred all throughout Europe. The Holocaust was an attempt made by Adolf Hitler to create a "perfect Aryan race" that was racially pure by eliminating the Jewish, homosexuals, and gypsies. Many of them were put in concentration camps just as the Navajo were put in Bosque Redondo, with horrendous conditions. (Where the Paths of the Jews and Navajo crossed, Huffington Post)
But there was a darker side to the mass movement of people to America. There was the 'unsettling' that involved the mass evacuation and relocation of the indigenous people. To the Native People it was the beginning of a genocidal onslaught that would last for three centuries.
- Tim Giago, a writer for the Huffington Post