Indigenous marchers reached Washington after crossing the country to oppose legislation threatening treaty and resource rights. Supporters joined them for demonstrations, ceremonies and public education. The arrival brought Indigenous sovereignty directly before federal institutions. Organizers connected contemporary pressure on land and minerals with earlier dispossession, insisting that cultural survival required collective authority over territory and resources.
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The Longest Walk reached Washington to advocate abolition of Indigenous treaties.
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The marchers opposed legislation threatening treaties and collective land and resource rights.