The Navajo Nation covers a territory larger than the combined states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is the largest reservation-based Indian nation within the United States, both in land area and population. More than 200,000 Navajos...

United States 1975 Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation was the largest employer on the Navajo Reservation in the 1970s. The tribal council actively courted industry to improve the employment situation of its people. Members of the American...

NAVAJO RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. Because of it colonial origin, the designation Navajo is in the process of being replaced by the term Diné, a word derived from the phrase Diyin Dine'é (people with supernatural powers). For this...

Navajo (pronounced and sometimes written in English, Navaho), or Diné, (meaning The People in Navajo) refers or relates to the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America, with about 300,000 members. The name Navajo...

Martin F. Nolan is a Globe columnist. WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. Formed by time and the wind, the majestic 50-foot stone circle for which this town is named overshadows workers finishing a World War II monument. The memorial is also circular, an eternal flame...

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When competitors head off for the weeklong Miss Navajo Nation pageant, they bring along their evening gowns, jewelry, high heels, public speaking skills — and butcher knives.On the nation's largest Indian reservation, where tradition reigns, contestants are required to speak their native language, make fry...

One of the Navajos' most enduring legends involves the journey of twin siblings Monster Slayer and Born of Water. As the story goes, the twins were destined to save the world from a race of marauding giants. So they endured epic trials to find their...

The most important historical insight about the Babylonians that we can gather from their myth is how greedy and warlike they were. The Navajo myth is almost the opposite, as they look to be a peaceful people at one with their natural surroundings.