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	Navajo Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		addressed the Navajo Nation Council in the annual State of the Navajo Nation Address on January 24, 2005 and presented his conviction to develop a governing document for the Navajo Nation.
		Each tribe establishes its own requirements for being an enrolled tribal member, which is usually based on "blood quantum." The Navajo Nation requires a blood quantum of one-fourth for a person to be an enrolled tribal member and to receive a Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB).
		Navajos are known for their sandpainting, performed for healing ceremonies and as part of other spiritual activities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navajo_Nation (1964 words)

	Navajo Nation Washington Office.
		In the Navajo Nation context, the United States Supreme Court in Williams vs. Lee, 358 U.S. 217 (1959) limited the authority of the state court to adjudicate a matter that arose on the Navajo Nation.
		As the governing body of the Navajo Nation, the Navajo Nation Council has the authority to pass laws which govern the Navajo Nation, members of the Navajo Nation, and certain conduct of non-member Indians and non-Indians within the territorial boundaries of the Navajo Nation.
		The Navajo Nation population is relatively young – the median age being 22,.5 years (2000 Census Count).
	www.nnwo.org /nnprofile.htm (1051 words)

	NAVAJO INDIANS
		Navajo, or Dine -they call themselves, is the largest tribe of North American Indians.
		The Navajo reservation is currently the largest in the United States.
		The Navajo also began to learn a similar style of weaving, making clothing and art from the Pueblo Indians.
	inkido.indiana.edu /w310work/romac/navajo.htm (263 words)

	Explore the Navajo Nation - Navajo Indian tourism, history, language!
		In October 1982, the Navajo Nation Tribal Council established the Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprise as an enterprise of the Navajo Nation.
		The Quality Inn Navajo Nation Capital is central to the Navajo Nation's Museum, Zoo, Council Chambers, Veteran's Memorial Park, and Arts and Crafts Enterprise.
		The Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprise would love to have you take a breathtaking journey through Indian country, and experience the cultural wonders and the natural beauty of the land.
	www.explorenavajo.com (583 words)

	The Din'e (Navajo) People
		The Din'e, Dineh, or Navajo Nation is the largest Native nation in the United States both in territory and population.
		The Din'e are a proud and traditional Nation as reflected in the formation of Navajo Community College at Tsaile, Arizona.
		The movement to build other community colleges by other Indian nations was greatly inspired by the ground-breaking work at the Navajo community College.
	www.csulb.edu /projects/ais/dine.html (586 words)

	Navajo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Navajo Nation's reservation is located in northern Arizona, southern Utah, and northern New Mexico.
		Camp Navajo, an Army National Guard training and munitions storage center
		Navajo (occasionally spelled Navaho) or Diné (pronounced [dɪnɛ]) refers to the Navajo people, currently the largest Indian tribe in North America, with over 250,000 members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navajo (144 words)

	Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation
		The Mission of the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department is to protect, preserve and manage tribal parks, monuments and recreation areas for the perpetual enjoyment and benefit of the Navajo Nation – the spectacular landscapes, buttes, canyons, clean air, diversity of plants and wildlife, and areas of beauty and solitude.
		The Office of Navajo Parks and Recreation Department is located in the capital of the Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona.
		Our office is located just north of the Navajo Nation museum on highway 264 in Window Rock.
	www.navajonationparks.org (443 words)

	New Mexico Magazine Navajo Nation
		Also, a bounty of Navajo rugs, sand paintings, jewelry and other traditional crafts are waiting to be discovered throughout the reservation at various trading posts as well as at the tribally owned Navajo Nation Arts and Crafts stores, (800) 790-6223, (928) 871-4090, 871-4095.
		The Navajo Nation, with more than 250,000 members, about 44,636 of whom live in New Mexico according to Census 2000 figures, is the largest U.S. Indian tribe.
		The Navajo people, who often call themselves the Dine', have endured much in their past, including the infamous Long Walk in 1860, when more than 8,000 Navajos were forcibly marched to and incarcerated at Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner by the U.S. Army.
	www.nmmagazine.com /NMGUIDE/navajo.html (360 words)

	MADD Online: Navajo Nation President Signs Historic Proclamation with MADD
		Much of the Navajo Nation spans Arizona, in which 488 people were killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes across the state-representing 47 percent of all traffic deaths.
		MADD National President Wendy J. Hamilton attended the proclamation signing ceremony to kick-off the Navajo Nation's "Working for a Safer Nation" awareness and education week in Crownpoint, New Mexico, an hour northeast of Gallup.
		MADD Arizona Executive Director Myrna Forestiere says, "The newfound partnership between the Navajo Nation and MADD elevates the importance of putting a stop to drunk driving and preventing underage drinking for all Native Americans in Indian Country.
	www.madd.org /news/0,1056,6221,00.html (1033 words)

	Navajo Nation Natural Heritage Program: A member program of the Association for Biodiversity Information
		In 1991, the Resources Committee of the Navajo Nation Council approved the Endangered Species List for the Navajo Nation” (NESL) and authorized the Director, Navajo Fish and Wildlife Department, to update the NESL when sufficient information is gathered to make such a determination.
		Because only a small percentage of the Navajo Nation has been adequately inventoried and because the biotic environment is dynamic, the NNHP databank is continually expanding and under revision.
		The Navajo Nation is located on the Colorado Plateau and covers over 25,000 square miles in northeast Arizona, northwest New Mexico, and southeast Utah.
	www.natureserve.org /nhp/us/navajo (1897 words)

	Navajo Nation Washington Office.
		On April 20, Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., told a United Nation conference on eradicating world poverty that the Navajo Nation is doing its part to bring information, communications and technology to Navajos and will soon do the same for other indigenous people around the world.
		WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo Nation Council voted Friday to lease 591 acres for the Desert Rock Energy Project despite opposition from the heads of Resources Committee.
		WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation is on track to potentially make $1 million a week, now that the Navajo Nation Council passed legislation that included a lease and sublease for the Desert Rock Power Project.
	www.nnwo.org (459 words)

	The flag of the Navajo Nation
		In early 1995, the flag of the Navajo nation became the first Native American tribal flag to fly into space when it was carried aboard the space shuttle Discovery by astronaut Bernard Harris.
		The great seal bears a ring of 48 arrow heads representing the then 48 states of the United States and reflects the Navajo nation protected by the United States.
		The placement of the sacred mountains of the flag is a compromise between modern geography and Navajo legend.
	users.aol.com /Donh523/navapage/navajo.htm (1091 words)

	Mario's Cyberspace Station: All you should know about Navajo Code Talkers
		These people were of the Navajo Nation and on June 3, 1940, the Navajo Tribal Council passed a resolution stating "that the Navajo Indians stand ready as they did in 1918, to aid and defend [the U.S.] Government..." (Paul 3).
		Nephew of Navajo Nation VP Killed in Iraq
		Navajo language, the Code Talkers were able to transmit and decode in 20 seconds a message that would have taken a machine 30 minutes to decipher.
	mprofaca.cro.net /navajo.html (4910 words)

	Navajo Nation Museum
		The mission of the Navajo Nation Museum is to "bridge the past, present, and future of the Diné of the Four Corners region" through educational exhibitions and programs.
		The Navajo Nation Museum's contemporary building also houses the Navajo Nation Library and Research Collection.
		The extraordinary Navajo focused collections include a wide range of historic, ethnographic and art objects; the Milton "Jack" Snow Collection and other historic photographic archives dating from 1930 to the1970s; and a small number of natural history specimens.
	www.wnmu.org /mcf/museums/nnm.html (295 words)

	american indian cultural links
		In the Navajo Nation, not walking near the edge of cliffs is taught as taboo so that the creatures who throw people down the cliffs won't grab you.
		From documented accounts passed down through time in Navajo families, the explanation given the Navajo was that they were being required to "give up the education of their children to the white man.
		Rather than accept the Navajo's solutions to living with their environment, the author is judgemental because they don't live in the same manner he is familiar with as "civilized".
	www.navajocentral.org /amerind_culture.htm (1374 words)

	Canyon De Chelly, the unofficial Navajo Central Web site & FAQ's About Life Among the Navajo People
		Central Navajo This Rodeo Association sanctions official rodeo's in the central part of the Navajo Nation and is based in Chinle, Arizona.
		I recommend it to both those who have been to the Navajo Nation, as well as those who are coming.
		We have been in the center of the Navajo Nation for 22 years.
	www.navajocentral.org (1225 words)

	NNDFW Homepage
		The Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife is responsible for developing and recommending policies, rules, and regulations and management plans relating to the fish, wildlife, and native plant resources on the Navajo Nation; and to provide predator and animal control services on the Navajo Nation.
		The Wildlife Law Enforcement Section is responsible for enforcing tribal and federal wildlife laws and regulations throughout the Navajo Nation…learn more….
		The Animal Control Program is responsible for enforcing dog and cat ordinances; the Animal Damage Control Section is responsible for handling livestock and agricultural damage cases throughout the Navajo Nation…learn more…
	www.navajofishandwildlife.org (181 words)

	The Navajo Nation - Home Page
		May 9, 2006 - Navajo Nation Honor Run to be held May 17-18
		May 2, 2006 - Statement from the Navajo Nation Council Education Committee
		Navajo Nation Economic Summit and Business Trade Fair 2006
	www.navajo.org (87 words)

	Navajo Nation Radio
		KWRK 96.1 FM is a 100,000 watt stereo station serving the Four Corners, Gallup and the Navajo Nation with an Adult Contemporary/Top 40 format.
		KTNN AM 660 is "The Voice of the Navajo Nation" and broadcasts 24 hours a day in both Navajo and English with a Country & Western/Native American music format.
		The Navajo Nation owns and operates two commercial radio stations broadcasting from Window Rock, Arizona.
	www.cia-g.com /~ktnn (109 words)

	Navajo Business, Navajo Nation
		Combined with an available workforce, financing, leasing opportunities, and training programs, doing business with the Navajo Nation has never been more accessible...
		----Our sole purpose is to create an environment that is conducive to promoting and developing businesses in the commercial, tourism, industrial, entrepreneurial, and other sectors of the Navajo Nation economy...
		© 2004 All Rights Reserved, Division of Economic Development, Navajo Nation
	www.navajobusiness.com (79 words)

	DNR 13Jan06
		DNR established in 1976 to manage, protect, preserve, and conserve, Navajo Nation's natural and cultural resources for the benefit of the Navajo People, per guidance from the NN Council.
		esources (DNR) is one of sixteen (16) divisions within the Executive Branch of the Navajo Nation Government.
		All of the business we do as a Division is directed at improving the quality of life for Navajo People by providing direct services, streamlining the bureaucratic process, generating revenues, and much more.
	www.dnr.navajo.org (149 words)

	ONNSFA
		The office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program's purpose is to serve eligible Navajo people and provide them the opportunity to achieve their educational goals.
		This opportunity is provided as a privilege with the intent that recipients, upon graduation, will return to the Navajo Nation to apply their learning to benefit the continuing development of the Navajo Nation.
		Announcing Navajo Government course now offered online for more information click
	www.onnsfa.org (106 words)

	Navajo National Monument (National Park Service)
		Navajo National Monument preserves three of the largest and best-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people (Hisatsinom.
		The monument has a visitor center, three short self-guided mesa top trails, two small campgrounds, and a picnic area.
		Rangers guide visitors on free tours of the Keet Seel/Kawestima and Betatakin/Talastima cliff dwellings.
	www.nps.gov /nava (51 words)

	Navajo Nation EPA-Public Water Systems Supervision Program
		initially adopted by the Navajo Nation Council in 1995.
		is an independent entity within the Executive Branch of the Navajo Nation government.
		PWSSP enforces the Navajo Nation Safe Drinking Water Act (NNSDWA) to ensure that public
	www.navajopublicwater.org (285 words)

	JVA Listing
		Erie Tsosie of the Office of Management and Budget for giving us permission to use the Navajo Nation Tribal Application she created with Microsoft™ Excel.
		Please note that both formats once completed in its ENTIRETY can be submitted in person, mailed or faxed to our office for current vacant positions with the Executive and Legislative Branches of the Navajo Nation.
		If you do not, the PDF format can be printed and filled out.
	www.nndpm.navajo.org /services.htm (326 words)

	Navajo Nation
		This industrial park is located within the Navajo Nation’s irrigated farm called the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry.
		The Navajo Agriculture Products Industry Industrial Site is one of eight industrial sites on the Navajo Nation.
		Industrial park consisting of 250 acres divided into 18 lots and is for lease only.
	www.navajoadvantage.com /pages/napi.htm (155 words)

	Navajo Nation Fair
		20th Annual Navajo Nation Youth Celebration and PRCA ProRodeo --> June 28 -July 4, 2006
	www.navajonationfair.com (15 words)

	LAPAHIE.com 3.4 \ Map of the Navajo Nation (small)
		Karletta Chief, former Miss Navajo Nation of 2000-2001, will be running her first Marathon to fight against blood-related cancers.
		Monday - May 22, 2006 - 3:01:09 PM - Navajo Nation Time
		[ Navajo Central • Kayenta • Navajo Nation • Phoenix • Discover Navajo • RedNations ]
	www.lapahie.com /Navajo_Map_Sh.cfm (247 words)

	Discover Navajo - People of the Fourth World
		Plan your Navajo vacation with maps, articles, calendar of events and destination links.
		Official site of the Navajo Tourism Department providing visitor information about Navajo culture, travel and attractions.
		Discover Navajo - People of the Fourth World
	www.discovernavajo.com (46 words)

	Ya'at'eeh! Welcome to the Navajo Nation Bar Association, Inc. Home Page
		Welcome to the Navajo Nation Bar Association, Inc.
		©2006 Navajo Nation Bar Association, Inc. • Disclaimer
	www.navajolaw.org (17 words)

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