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The Seal of the Navajo Nation or the Great Seal of Navajo Nation, in the United States, is an official symbol of the Navajo Nation, alongside the flag. It has been designed by a native of Many Farms, Arizona, John Claw Jr. It was adopted on January 18, 1852, by resolution CJ-9-52
Corn is featured prominently in the seal, a fundamental element of Navajo life. In the center of the seal is four mountains surrounding various livestock, a Navajo source of wealth. An image of a yellow sun is at the top of the tribal seal. The words "Great Seal of the Navajo Nation" appear on the outside of the seal. [5]
A law was passed in 2023 prohibiting schools from using any name, symbol or image that depicts or refers to an American Indian Tribe. Symbols include feathers, spears, tomahawks and Indigenous clothing. Schools within reservations having 95% American Indian students are exempt from this law.
Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez has issued a statement in response to the Washington Redskins’ decision to change the team name. The Washington franchise has officially retired the team ...
The school board has set a September 6, 2017 deadline for a decision on the recommendations of the mascot advisory committee which included having the students vote on a name change. [169] The decision was to retain the name but add Native American studies to the curriculum, and create a Native American student scholarship and/or a teacher grant.
The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in ...
Among the Navajo populace, both terms are employed. In 2017, the Navajo Nation Council rejected legislation to change the name to "Diné Nation", citing potential "confusion and frustration among Navajo citizens and non-Navajos". [9] [10] In Navajo, the geographic entity with its legally defined borders is known as Naabeehó Bináhásdzo.
The executive board of the nation's leading organization of scholars of U.S. history approved a resolution in April 2015: "The Organization of American Historians hereby adds its voice to the growing demands by Native American organizations, our sister disciplines, and conscientious people of all ethnic backgrounds, to change the name and logo ...