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| Navajo Nation Naabeehó Bináhásdzo | |
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| Capital | Tségháhoodzání |
| Government | U.S. colonial occupation |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 399,690 |
The Navajo Nation is a nation in North America that is occupied by the United States.
History
Early history
Several centuries before colonization, the Navajo separated from other Athabaskans living in the subarctic and migrated south until reaching what is now the southwestern USA. Most of the Athabaskans remained in Alaska and northwestern Canada.[1]
References
- ↑ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014). An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: 'Follow the Corn' (p. 23). [PDF] Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807000403