Native American Tribal Information
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Navajo Nation Arizona New Mexico Utah
Navajo Nation Arizona New Mexico Utah
| Navajo |
|---|
 |
| Total population |
180,462 as of 2000 census |
| Regions with significant populations |
| United States (New Mexico, Utah, Arizona) |
| Languages |
| English, Navajo |
| Religion |
| Navajo Way, Christianity, Native American Church (NAC), other |
| Related ethnic groups |
| other Southern Athabascan people |
The Navajo Nation (Diné in the Navajo language) is a semi-autonomous Native American homeland covering about 26,000 square miles (67,339 square kilometres, 17 million acres), occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeast portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico. It is the largest land area assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the United States.
The Nation encompasses the land, kinship, language, religion, and the right of its people to govern themselves. Members of the Nation are often known as Navajo (or Navaho) but traditionally call themselves Diné (sometimes spelled in English as Dineh) which means the people.
The 2000 census reported 298,215 Navajo people living throughout the United States, of which 173,987 were within the Navajo Nation boundaries. Of these, 131,166 lived in Arizona (17,512 in Maricopa County, which includes the city of Phoenix).
Because the Navajo Nation includes land in three states, its Division of Economic Development compiles census data for the Navajo Nation as a whole. Another group lives on the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation along the Colorado River in California and Arizona.
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Introduction: The Navajo Nation extends into the states of Utah , Arizona and New Mexico , covering over 27,000 square miles of unparalleled beauty.
