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• The Navajo Nation extends into Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. It covers over 27,000 square miles of land. There are currently over 290,000 Navajo people living in the United States. The Navajo government is the largest and most sophisticated form of Native American government existing today.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Also referred to as 'Dine' meaning "The People"
  2. Tribe began to form in the 1500’s
  3. Ancestors lived in Northwestern Canada and Alaska
  4. Largest reservation in the U.S. (16 million acres)
  5. Population: Over 290,000
  6. Navajo Code Talkers Program was established in September 1942

• Navajo Religion

  The traditional Navajo believed in many different gods and supernatural powers. The most important were the anthropomorphic gods known as Changing Woman, the consort of the Sun God and the Monster Slayers. Other supernatural powers included animals, reptiles, birds, wind, darkness, light, celestial bodies, and monsters. They believed in the diety "Yei" who could be brought forward during ceremonies by masked dancers. The navajo were afraid of death and spoke of it as little as possible. Their dead were promptly buried without any tribal ceremonies. They did not believe there was a happy afterlife and their afterlife did not include punishments or rewards for deeds done on earth.

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