biography
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Manuelito
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originally Hastin Ch'ilhajinii or Hashkeh Naabah
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (?1818–94)
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| biography:
| Navajo war leader, born in present-day Utah, USA. He was the last chief to hold out against a scorched-earth campaign by the US government to defeat the Navajo. After surrendering his starving people (1865), he led them to exile where thousands died due to deplorable conditions. In 1876 he journeyed to Washington, DC to plead for a reservation nearer his people's homeland. The principal chief (1870–85), he was also selected (1872) to head the Navajo Indian Police Force. |
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