Navajo

Navajo
Diné

Manuelito (Navajo, 1818–1893), a chief during the Long Walk
Total population
399,690 enrolled tribal members[1] (2021)
Regions with significant populations
United States (Navajo Nation, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, California) Canada: 700 Residents of Canada identified as having Navajo ancestry in the 2016 Canadian Census.[2]
Languages
Navajo, Plains Indian Sign Language (Navajo Sign Language), English, Spanish
Religion
Indigenous Religion, Native American Church, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Apachean (Southern Athabascan) peoples, Dene (Northern Athabascan) peoples

The Navajo^[a] are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.

With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members as of 2021^[update],^[1][4] the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States; additionally, the Navajo Nation has the largest reservation in the country. The reservation straddles the Four Corners region and covers more than 27,325 square miles (70,770 square kilometers) of land in Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. The Navajo Reservation is slightly larger than the state of West Virginia. The Navajo language is spoken throughout the region, and most Navajo also speak English.

The states with the largest Navajo populations are Arizona (140,263) and New Mexico (108,306). More than three quarters of the enrolled Navajo population resides in these two states.^[5]

Besides being enrolled in the Navajo Nation, some Navajo people are citizens of the federally recognized Colorado River Indian Tribes.

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