Navajo Nation - Wikipedia
At roughly 17,544,500 acres (71,000 km 2; 27,413 sq mi), the Navajo Nation is the largest Indian reservation in the United States, exceeding that of ten U.S. states. It is one of the few reservations whose lands overlap the nation's traditional homelands.
History - Navajo Nation
Reorganized in 1991 to form a three-branch system (executive, legislative and judicial), the Navajos conduct what is considered to be the most sophisticated form of Indian government.
Navajo | History, Culture, Language, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 22, 2024 · Navajo, second most populous of all Native American peoples in the United States, with some 300,000 individuals in the early 21st century, most of them living in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The Navajo speak an Apachean language which is classified in the Athabaskan language family.
The Long Walk | The Navajo Treaties - National Museum of the …
Between 1863 and 1866, more than 10,000 Navajo (Diné) were forcibly removed to the Bosque Redondo Reservation at Fort Sumner, in current-day New Mexico. During the Long Walk, the U.S. military marched Navajo (Diné) men, women, and children between 250 to 450 miles, depending on the route they took.
The Past, Present, and Future of the Navajo Nation - Native Hope
Sep 28, 2022 · With a rich history and a unique culture, the Navajo Nation is one of North America's most celebrated and well-known native tribes. They were at the center of many conflicts and events in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Navajo originally referred to themselves as the Diné - meaning "the people."
Navajo - Wikipedia
Early history. A 19th-century hogan. Navajo spinning and weaving on vertical loom. The Navajo are speakers of a Na-Dené Southern Athabaskan language which they call Diné bizaad (lit. 'People's language').
History: The Navajo - utahindians.org
The Navajos came into contact with early Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century. In 1680 Navajo and Apache groups aided Pueblo Indians in the Pueblo Revolt, a war for independence from the Spanish, who had brutalized and enslaved the Pueblos for decades.
Navajo History - Discover Navajo
Navajo History. Centuries before Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas in 1491, Navajos were already settled in the Four Corners area of the Colorado Plateau. However, Navajos weren’t the first inhabitants of the land.
The Navajo Nation: A History of Dependence and Underdevelopment
This paper examines how U.S. economic and political domination of the Navajo Nation has caused and perpetuates its underdevelopment. First, a brief summary of the history of the Navajo Nation is provided, focusing on the evolution of U.S. - …
LibGuides: Indigenous History in the Borderlands: Navajo
Sep 5, 2024 · Contains one of the most important collections for the history of Arizona, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi, and southwestern arts. John Lorezno Hubbell’s enterprise began at Ganado, Arizona, in 1876, and eventually led to the establishment of thirty‐five stores.