Treaty of 1868 - 150th Anniversary
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| Runners are greeted by supporters with snacks and water. |
The Lord has filled up the month of May with opportunities to interact with Diné history. June 1, 2018, marks the 150th year since the signing of the Treaty of 1868,and many events have been organized in the days leading up to it to celebrate and commemorate the event.
The Navajo Nation President and Vice President have requested that the original treaty document be taken out of storage at the Smithsonian and brought back to Window Rock for the commemoration ceremonies. The document hasn’t been back this way since the year it was signed. It will be on display at the Navajo Nation Museum.
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| Runners can enjoy the NM scenery. |
They have also asked church leaders to get their churches involved in praying for forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing. Many of the leaders they have called on to help are the same ones that have been networking at the Christian Summit meetings these last two years.
One of the most monumental events is a RUN from Fort Sumner (also called Bosque Redondo --where thousands of Navajos were encamped/exiled for four years) to Window Rock — a run that is equivalent to more than three 100-mile Ultra-marathons (Google Maps suggests that this trip, just shy of 350 miles, would take 115 hours of walking!)
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Christian leaders from all over the Navajo Nation gathered to pray on May 13th, the night before the runners departed, and will meet again on May 31st, the day before they arrive back in Window Rock.
Western Indian Ministries is hosting an all-day prayer service for the Navajo Nation on Thursday. This is sure to arouse some opposition from our enemy who prefers to keep nations and individuals in the grip of bitterness rather than promoting humility and confession and seeking forgiveness and peace.
Please ask the Lord to work powerfully at these events — both the prayer meeting coming up and the other events planned surrounding the return and display of the Treaty that gave the Navajos back their homeland.
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| Photo by I.Torez taken at Monument Valley. |
