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Navajo, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Navajo or NavahoNavahoboth: näˈvəhō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). A…Navaho
(Encyclopedia) Navaho: see Navajo, people; Navajo, language.Monument Valley
(Encyclopedia) Monument Valley, scenic arid region, c.2,000 sq mi (5,000 sq km), SE Utah and NE Ariz. Located in the Navajo Indian Reservation, Monument Valley is not a true valley but an area of…Navajo Dam
(Encyclopedia) Navajo Dam, 402 ft (123 m) high and 3,648 ft (1,112 m) long, NW N.Mex., on the San Juan River, near the Colo. line; built 1958–63 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The dam, a major…Navajo Code Talkers
The code that was never broken President George W. Bush honored Navajo Code Talkers in July 2001. In 1942, there were about 50,000 Navajo tribe members. As of 1945, about 540 Navajos served as…Athabascan
(Encyclopedia) AthabascanAthabascanăthəbăsˈkən [key], Athapascan, or AthapaskanAthapaskanboth: –păsˈ– [key], group of related Native American languages forming a branch of the Nadene linguistic…Canyon de Chelly National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Canyon de Chelly National MonumentCanyon de Chelly National Monumentdə shāˈ [key] [De Chelly, Sp. corruption of Navajo Tsegi = rock canyon], 83,840 acres (33,955 hectares), NE Ariz.;…Hopi
(Encyclopedia) HopiHopihōˈpē [key], group of the Pueblo, formerly called Moki, or Moqui. They speak the Hopi language, which belongs to the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock, at…Native American Church
(Encyclopedia) Native American Church, Native American religious group whose beliefs blend fundamentalist Christian elements with pan–Native American moral principles. The movement began among the…Navajo, language
(Encyclopedia) Navajo or Navaho, language belonging to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic family, or stock, of North America (including Mexico). See Native American languages.Trending
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