From: yumyum@dontmail.com   
      
   May 29, 2009 news item:   
      
   Public input sought on Long Walk trail   
      
   The National Park Service is hosting a series of public meetings to discuss a   
   draft plan to study creation of a trail commemorating the Long Walk through   
   portions of Arizona and New Mexico. The first one is scheduled Tuesday in   
   Santa Fe. (June 2, 2009)   
      
   Navajo and Mescalero Apache people were removed from their home lands in 1863   
   and 1864 and forced to march 100 to 500 miles to Bosque Redondo in Fort   
   Sumner. Many of the tribal people died during the walk, according to tribal   
   historians and the National Park Service.   
      
   The proposed Long Walk national Historic Trail is made up of 1,350 miles of   
   land routes in the two states. The National Park Service will work with the   
   Navajo Nation, Mescalero Apache Tribe, private property owners and other   
   federal, state and local agencies to create the routes.   
      
   Other public meetings are planned in Crownpoint (June 15), Window Rock (June   
   16), Chinle (June 17) and Tuba City, (June 18).   
      
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