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The American Indian College Fund is a nonprofit organization that helps Native American students, providing them with support through scholarships and funding toward higher education. The fund provides an average of 6,000 annual scholarships for American Indian students and also provides support for other needs at the tribal colleges ranging ...
The Diné College president is calling the recently enacted New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act a "game changer" for members of the Navajo Nation.
The Navajo Nation Presidency, in its current form, was created on December 15, 1989, after directives from the federal government guided the Tribal Council to establish the current judicial, legislative, and executive model. This was a departure from the system of "Council and Chairmanship" from the previous government body.
Development of Navajo Tribal Government. Mary Shepardson. Pages 624-635. The Emerging Navajo Nation. Peter Iverson. Pages 636-640. Navajo Economic Development. David F. Aberle. Pages 641-658. Navajo Education. Gloria J. Emerson. Pages 659-671. Navajo Health Services and Projects. Robert L. Bergman. Pages 672-678. The Navajo Nation Today ...
Manuelito was a prominent Navajo leader who rallied his nation against the oppression of the United States military. For several years he led a group of warriors in resisting federal efforts to forcibly remove the Navajo people to Bosque Redondo , New Mexico via the Long Walk in 1864.
The Navajo Rangers (formed 1957 [2]) is an organization of the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States, which maintains and protects the tribal nation's public works, natural resources, natural and historical sites and assist travelers.
Window Rock is the site of the Navajo Nation governmental campus, which contains the Navajo Nation Council, Navajo Nation Supreme Court, the offices of the Navajo Nation President and Vice President, and many Navajo government buildings. Window Rock's population was 2,500 at the 2020 census. [4]
Navajo Academy and Navajo Mission had a similar academic goal that would help enhance the education of the Navajo people. With a similar mission, both schools decided to share the Mission campus in Farmington, New Mexico. This school became known as Navajo Methodist Mission Academy. The schools were not considered one school.