The Long Run V Motorcycle Ride Friday – Saturday, June 08-09

Event part of Old Forts Day in Ft. Sumner, NM: June 07-09

Motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the Navajo Nation gather in Kirkland, N.M. to ride together to the Bosque Redondo Memorial to commemorate the “Long Walk.”  Long Run V will revisit the miles walked by the Navajo people who were rounded up by the U.S. Army, under the command of Colonel Christopher “Kit” Carson, and forced to walk hundreds of miles to the Bosque Redondo Reservation at Fort Sumner, NM in 1863.  The commemorative ride began six years ago with a small group of Navajo who wanted to pay homage to their ancestors.   Event programs include cookouts, traditional singing, important key-note speaker from the Navajo Nation, participants’ testimonials about their feelings and thoughts about the historic event, and spiritual observances.