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Navajo (sometimes spelled Navaho), or Diné, (means The People in Navajo
Navajo language

Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan languages spoken in the southwest United States by the Navajo people . It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages ....
) refers or relates to the Navajo people
Navajo people

The Navajo or Din? of the Southwestern United States are the largest Native Americans in the United States tribe of North America....
, currently the second largest Federally recognized Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 tribe in the United States, with 298,197 people claiming to be full or partial Navajo, according to the 2000 U.S. census
United States Census

File:Census Bureau seal.svgThe United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate List of United States Congressional districts , U.S....
. The name Navajo may have originated from the English, who possibly took the name from the Tewa language's original word, "navahu" meaning ‘fields adjoining an arroyo.’ The Navajo Nation's
Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomy Native Americans in the United States homeland covering about 26,000 square miles , occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico....
 reservation encompasses the Four Corners region
Four Corners (United States)

The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of southwest Colorado, northwest New Mexico, northeast Arizona and southeast Utah....
 of northern Arizona, southern Utah, and northern New Mexico, over 16 million acres (65,000 km²).






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Navajo (sometimes spelled Navaho), or Diné, (means The People in Navajo
Navajo language

Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan languages spoken in the southwest United States by the Navajo people . It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages ....
) refers or relates to the Navajo people
Navajo people

The Navajo or Din? of the Southwestern United States are the largest Native Americans in the United States tribe of North America....
, currently the second largest Federally recognized Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 tribe in the United States, with 298,197 people claiming to be full or partial Navajo, according to the 2000 U.S. census
United States Census

File:Census Bureau seal.svgThe United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate List of United States Congressional districts , U.S....
. The name Navajo may have originated from the English, who possibly took the name from the Tewa language's original word, "navahu" meaning ‘fields adjoining an arroyo.’ The Navajo Nation's
Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomy Native Americans in the United States homeland covering about 26,000 square miles , occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico....
 reservation encompasses the Four Corners region
Four Corners (United States)

The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of southwest Colorado, northwest New Mexico, northeast Arizona and southeast Utah....
 of northern Arizona, southern Utah, and northern New Mexico, over 16 million acres (65,000 km²). The word Navajo also refers to the Navajo language
Navajo language

Navajo or Navaho is an Athabaskan languages spoken in the southwest United States by the Navajo people . It is geographically and linguistically one of the Southern Athabaskan languages ....
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    Din? College is a two-year, tribally controlled community college, serving the people of the 27,000 square-mile Navajo Indian Reservation, which spans the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah....
  • Dinetah
    Dinetah

    Dinetah, or Din?tah, is the traditional homeland of the Navajo people tribe of Native Americans in the United States. In the Navajo language, the word "Din?tah" means "among the Navajo"....
  • Hogan
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    A hogan is the primary traditional home of the Navajo people. Other traditional structures include the summer shelter, the underground home, and the sweat house....
  • Long Walk of the Navajo
    Long Walk of the Navajo

    The Long Walk of the Navajo, also called the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, was a journey many Navajo Nation made in 1864 to and from a reservation in southeastern New Mexico....
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  • Navajo language
    Navajo language

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  • Navajo music
    Navajo music

    Navajo music is the music of the Navajo Nation people and Navajo Nation, currently in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico....
  • Navajo mythology
    Navajo mythology

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  • Navajo Nation
    Navajo Nation

    The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomy Native Americans in the United States homeland covering about 26,000 square miles , occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico....
  • Navajo people
    Navajo people

    The Navajo or Din? of the Southwestern United States are the largest Native Americans in the United States tribe of North America....
  • Navajo Rug
    Navajo rug

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  • Navajo Reservation
  • Navajo Tribal Council
    Navajo Tribal Council

    Navajo Tribal Council is the legislative branch of the Navajo Nation government. It has 88 elected members from the 110 chapters that make up the Navajo Nation....
  • Navajo Tribal Police
    Navajo Tribal Police

    Navajo Tribal Police or Navajo Nation Police is the law enforcement agency on the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States. It is under the Navajo Division of Public Safety....
     or Navajo Nation Police
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  • Navajo Livestock Reduction
    Navajo Livestock Reduction

    The Navajo Livestock Reduction was imposed upon the Navajo Nation by the federal government in the 1930s. The government established a quota for different types of livestock on specific areas of the reservation....