Navajo Nation

Zaira Helena Bracamontes Gonzalez

 What it is?
 The Navajo Nation is a
semi-autonomous Native
American-governed territory
 It is the largest land area
retained by a U.S. tribe and
is managed via agreements
with the United States
Congress as a sovereign
Indian nation.
 Is one of the largest tribal
governments of the North
American Indian tribes
 History of the Navajo Nation

 Centuries before Christopher Columbus landed in

the Americas, Navajos were already settled in the
Four Corners area of the Colorado Plateau. It
wasn’t until 1581 that the first Spaniards made
contact with them.
 Location
 The Navajo Nation extends Interesting Fact:
Diné Bikéyah, or Navajoland,
into the states of Utah ,
is larger than 10 of the 50
Arizona and New Mexico , states in America.
covering over 27,000 square
miles of unparalleled beauty.
Territorial Expansion
 The borders were defined as
the 37th parallel in the North;
the southern border as a line
running through Fort Defiance;
the eastern border as a line
running through Fort Lyon; and
in the West as longitude 109°30′.
 Flag
 The Navajo Nation Flag, designed by Jay R. Degroat, a Navajo from
Mariano Lake, New Mexico, was selected from 140 entries, and was
officially adopted by the Navajo Nation Council on May 21, 1968 by
Resolution CMY-55-68.
 Government
 Today, the Navajo Nation is striving to sustain a viable economy for an
ever increasing population that now surpasses 250,000.
 The discovery of oil on Navajoland in the early 1920's promoted the
need for a systematic form of government.
 The Navajo Nation Council Chambers hosts 88 council delegates
representing 110 Navajo Nation chapters.
Navajo Reservation
 The Navajo Reservation is
home to more than a dozen
national monuments, tribal
parks and historical sites, and
is peppered with a dozen
lakes and ponds - Lake Powell
alone has 186 miles of
Navajoland shoreline.
 Parks
 Monument
 Shiprock Pinacle
 Navajo Mountain
 Navajo Nation Tribal Memorial Park
 Chaco Canyon
 Bisti Badlands
 Canyon De Chelly
 Window Rock Tribal Park
 Antelope Mariana/Canyon
 Lake Powell
 Navajo Bridge
 Little Colorado River Gorge
 Kinlichee Ruins
 Four Corners Monument
 Hubble Trading Post
 Grand Falls
 Rainbow Bridge
Refrences

 http://www.navajo-nsn.gov/
 http://www.discovernavajo.com/
 http://www.navajo-nsn.gov/history.htm
 http://
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