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The Navajo[a] are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,495 enrolled tribal members as of 2021, [1][4] the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States; additionally, the Navajo Nation has the largest reservation in the country. The reservation straddles the Four Corners ...
Bowdash, Kootenai two-spirit warrior. Beth Brant (born 1941), Bay of Quinte Mohawk. Mary Brant, Mohawk leader. Mary Brave Bird (1953–2013), Brulé Lakota writer and activist [12] Bras Piqué, Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them. Ignatia Broker (1919–1987), Ojibwa writer.
A Navajo man on horseback in Monument Valley in Arizona in May 2011. Navajo Community College, now called Diné College, the first tribal college, was founded in Tsaile, Arizona, in 1968 and accredited in 1979. Tensions immediately arose between two philosophies: one that the tribal colleges should have the same criteria, curriculum and ...
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache. Norma Howard, Choctaw Nation / Mississippi Choctaw / Chickasaw. Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonai Dakota (1915–1983) Howling Wolf, Southern Cheyenne (1849–1927) Sharon Irla, Cherokee Nation (born 1957) David Johns, Navajo (born 1948) Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit), Shawnee / Peoria.
Navajo Woman at a waterfall c. 1920. The Navajo Nation (Navajo: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, [3] is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in Window Rock, Arizona.
A portrait of a Navajo woman in the late 1920s. Navajo society was traditionally a matriarchal society, and remained so until the intervention of the United States federal government [1] Domestic violence is a prevalent issue dating back to the early 1900s on the Navajo Nation. Domestic violence is defined not only as violence but also any form ...
Dinétah is the traditional homeland of the Diné or Navajo, an Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States. In the Navajo language, the word "Dinétah" means "among the people" or "among the Navajo" (diné is the Navajo word that refers to the Navajo people; it also means "people" in the generic sense; -tah means "among, through, in ...
This is a list of communities on the Navajo Nation, including the checkerboard, arranged alphabetically. Alamo, New Mexico. Aneth, Utah. Baca, New Mexico. Beclabito, New Mexico [a] Becenti, New Mexico. Bitter Springs, Arizona [b] Borrego Pass, New Mexico. Brimhall Nizhoni, New Mexico [c]