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Social History of the Navajo The Navajo Indians set up trade networks with the Anasazi and Pueblo people which brought them new goods and technology.

In the sixteenth century, the Navajos came into contact with the early Spanish explorers. The Apache and Navajo groups aided the Pueblo Indians in the Pueblo revolt. As a results, the Navajo and Pueblo cultures became intermixed. Navajo often engaged in slave and food aids with tribes near to them.

Later, in the late-eighteenth century, Spanish forces and the Navajo had conflict because the Spanish had intent on taking over the Southwest.

Christopher "Kit" Carson forced the Navajo to surrender by using the "scorched earth" method. After the Navajo surrendered, they were forced to walk the Long Walk to Fort Sumner.