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Lands within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation are composed of Public, Tribal Trust, Tribal Fee, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Private, State, and BIA Indian Allotment Lands. Within the Arizona and Utah portions of the Navajo Nation, there are a few private and BIA Indian Allotments in comparison to New Mexico's portion, which consists of ...
In 1868 the Navajo Nation and the United States signed the Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868, which detailed the agreement between the two of reservation boundaries and rights of the Navajo Nation. Later on in 1922, The U.S. Secretary of the Interior created the Navajo Business Council for the purpose of being able to obtain mineral leases.
The Navajo Nation is divided up geographically into Chapters which are similar in function to municipalities. Chapters are subdivisions of Agencies which are similar in function to counties. Chapter officials operating out of a Chapter House register voters who may then vote to elect Delegates for the Navajo Nation Council or the President of ...
Navajo under guard at Bosque Redondo. Following conflicts between the Navajo and US forces, and scorched earth tactics employed by Kit Carson, which included the burning of tribal crops and livestock, James Henry Carleton issued an order in 1862 that all Navajo would relocate to the Bosque Redondo Reservation [b] near Fort Sumner, in what was then the New Mexico Territory.
Navajo Nation: Navajo: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo 1868 173,667 27,413 (70,999.3) Apache, Coconino, Navajo: Extends into New Mexico (San Juan, McKinley, Sandoval, Cibola, Rio Arriba) and Utah , observes Daylight Saving Time (unlike the rest of Arizona) Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation: Yaqui: Pasqua Hiaki 1978 3,484 1.8 (4.6) Pima
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 ...
While filming in northern New Mexico at Camel Rock Studios, Matten was able to meet Richelle Montoya, who is the Navajo Nation vice president. "She's the first female vice president of the Navajo ...
The monument is located on the Colorado Plateau west of U.S. Highway 160, on State Road 597, approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Cortez, Colorado. [1] In addition to the four states, two semi-autonomous American Indian tribal governments have boundaries at the monument, the Navajo Nation and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Reservation, with the Ute Mountain tribal boundaries coinciding with ...