Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation Naabeehó Bináhásdzo (Navajo)
Native American reservation
Flag Seal
Anthem: ("Dah Naatʼaʼí Sǫʼ bił Sinil"[1] and "Shí naashá" used for some occasions)
Location of the Navajo Nation. Checkerboard-area in lighter shade (see text)
Established	June 1, 1868 (Treaty)
Expansions	1878–2016
Chapter system	1922
Tribal Council	1923
Capital	Window Rock (Tségháhoodzání)
Subdivisions	5 Agencies Chʼínílį́ Tónaneezdizí Naatʼáaniinééz Tséhootsooí Tʼiistsʼózí 110 Chapters
Government
• Body	Navajo Nation Council
• President	Buu Nygren
• Vice President	Richelle Montoya
• Speaker	Crystalyne Curley
• Chief Justice	JoAnn Jayne
Area
• Total	27,413 sq mi (71,000 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	165,158
• Density	6.0/sq mi (2.3/km2)
	160,552 Native American 4,606 White
Time zone	MST/MDT
GDP	$12.8 billion (2018)
Website	www.navajo-nsn.gov

The Navajo Nation (Navajo: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland,^[3] is a Native American reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in Window Rock, Arizona.

At roughly 17,544,500 acres (71,000 km²; 27,413 sq mi), the Navajo Nation has the largest land area held by a Native American tribe in the United States, exceeding that of ten U.S. states. It is one of the few reservations whose lands overlap the nation's traditional homelands.

In 2010, the reservation was home to 173,667 out of 332,129 Navajo tribal members; the remaining 158,462 tribal members lived outside the reservation, in urban areas (26 percent), border towns (10 percent), and elsewhere in the U.S. (17 percent).^[4] In 2020, the number of tribal members increased to 399,494,^[5] surpassing the Cherokee Nation as the largest tribal group by enrollment.^[6]

The U.S. gained ownership of what is today Navajoland in 1848 following the Mexican-American War. The reservation was first established in 1868 within New Mexico Territory, initially spanning roughly 3.3 million acres; it subsequently straddled what became the Arizona–New Mexico border in 1912, when the states were admitted to the union. Unlike many reservations in the U.S., it has since expanded several times since its formation, therefore reaching its current boundaries in 1934.