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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.
Established on August 28, 1965, Hubbell Trading Post encompasses about 65 hectares (160 acres) and preserves the oldest continuously operated trading post on the Navajo Nation. [4] From the late 1860s through the 1960s, the local trading post was the main financial and commercial hub for many Navajo people, functioning as a bank (where they ...
A Navajo family and loom for weaving blankets, 1873 Trader John Bradford Moore and a Navajo rug, 1911. Straight barter was common at posts, especially in the 19th century, but substitutes for cash, in short supply for traders and the Navajo, became necessary.
Navajo Nation communities without electricity are kept warm by a firewood program that salvages wood left over from fire prevention efforts in national forests.
The critical case from Navajo nation is trying to force the U.S. government to allow it access to the main Colorado River, a crucial supply in a water-weary West. ... a crucial supply in a water ...
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 ...
This venture finds its origins in the 1930s when the federal government was looking for economic development for the Navajo Nation. The NIIP was approved in 1962 by Congress. The Bureau of Reclamation received the task of constructing this project. The water supply is provided by Navajo Lake, the reservoir formed behind Navajo Dam on the San ...
The Navajo Nation goes before the Supreme Court in a water rights case it says is about ending nearly two centuries of injustice.