Guide Note:The Navajo Nation extends into the states of Utah , Arizona and New Mexico and is larger than 10 of the 50 states in America.They are currently the largest Native American tribe in North America. Navajo legend states that the Dine' had to pass through three different worlds before emerging into the present world, the Fourth World or Glittering World. So the Holy People put four sacred mountains in four different directions and this is the heart of where the Navajo Nation exists.
Fast Facts:
- Also refered to as Dine' meaning "The People"
- Originally began their tribes in the 1500’s
- Ancestors lived in Northwestern Canada and Alaska
- Largest reservation in the U.S. (16 million acres)
- Navajo Code Talkers Program was established in September 1942
