William Redmond: “1998 is the 130th anniversary of the treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Nation. In tribute to…”

“1998 is the 130th anniversary of the treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Nation. In tribute to the Navajo people and the great Nation of the United States, I am going to be presenting the treaty today in its entirety. The treaty reads as follows: Treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo tribe of Indians, concluded June 1, 1868; ratification advised July 25, 1868; proclaimed to the people of the United States and the people of the Navajo Nation, August 12, 1865. Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Whereas a treaty was made in and concluded at Fort Sumner in the territory of New Mexico on the first day of June in the year of our Lord 1868 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 tribe of Indians, on the part of said Indians, and duly authorized thereto by them, which treaty is in the words and figures as following to wit: Article I. From this day forward all war between the parties of this agreement shall cease forever. The Government of the United States desires peace, and its honor is hereby pledged to keep it. The Indians desire peace, and they now pledge their honor to keep it.”