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For those that were enrolled into a federally recognized tribe are given a Certificate of Indian Blood or CIB and are assigned an Indian Census Number unique to each individual. Knowing your relatives' Indian Census Number can be quite helpful when searching the Indian Census Rolls and can help eliminate confusion, but not all Indian Census Roll takers included censuses. At times the U.S. decennial census taker would include Census Numbers in their records.  
For those that were enrolled into a federally recognized tribe are given a Certificate of Indian Blood or CIB and are assigned an Indian Census Number unique to each individual. Knowing your relatives' Indian Census Number can be quite helpful when searching the Indian Census Rolls and can help eliminate confusion, but not all Indian Census Roll takers included censuses. At times the U.S. decennial census taker would include Census Numbers in their records.  
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The [http://www.archives.gov/research/census/native-americans/1885-1940.html National Archives Microfilm Publication M595] has copies of the the Indian Census Rolls, containing about 692 rolls dealing with a large number of tribes in the United States. It is during this time that Indian Census Roll takers were given instructions to include an individual's Indian and English name. By 1902 instruction was given that families should be given the same surname and that they should translate Indian names into English if they were too difficult to pronounce or remember. If names were too "foolish, cumbersome or uncouth translations which would handicap a self-respecting person should not be tolerated," or derogatory nicknames were dropped and changed.<br><br>When searching Indian Census Rolls, be mindful that they are divided into one of four main agencies (Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern, and some smaller ones), others can be found in other surrounding tribal census records (Apache, Hopi, Ute, Paiute, and etc).<br><br>Online verses Microfilm. Online Indian Census Rolls can be found at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1059 Ancestry.com] (a pay site), this has all the benefits of searching records from the comfort of home. At this point in time they only have a few Indian Census Rolls available for Navajo records. Searching microfilm at LDS Family History Libraries (free) can be more time consuming, but can provide more information which is left out by on-line sites. On-line sites only include the names of individuals and leave out a wealth of information at the beginning of the census rolls; which includes special instructions and procedures by the census taker and even census maps.  
The [http://www.archives.gov/research/census/native-americans/1885-1940.html National Archives Microfilm Publication M595] has copies of the the Indian Census Rolls, containing about 692 rolls dealing with a large number of tribes in the United States. It is during this time that Indian Census Roll takers were given instructions to include an individual's Indian and English name. By 1902 instruction was given that families should be given the same surname and that they should translate Indian names into English if they were too difficult to pronounce or remember. If names were too "foolish, cumbersome or uncouth translations which would handicap a self-respecting person should not be tolerated," or derogatory nicknames were dropped and changed.<br><br>When searching Indian Census Rolls, be mindful that they are divided into one of four main agencies (Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern, and some smaller ones), others can be found in other surrounding tribal census records (Apache, Hopi, Ute, Paiute, and etc).<br><br>Online verses Microfilm. Online Indian Census Rolls can be found at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1059 Ancestry.com] (a pay site), this has all the benefits of searching records from the comfort of home. At this point in time they only have a few Indian Census Rolls available for Navajo records. Searching microfilm at LDS Family History Libraries (free) can be more time consuming, but can provide more information which is left out by on-line sites. On-line sites only include the names of individuals and leave out a wealth of information at the beginning of the census rolls; which includes special instructions and procedures by the census taker and even census maps.  
*1930 Navajo Census Roll, Shiprock area, New Mexico,&nbsp;'''FHL film 496553 item 4'''


==== U.S. POPULATION CENSUS  ====
==== U.S. POPULATION CENSUS  ====
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*Tuba City Boarding School (Tuba City, AZ)<br>
*Tuba City Boarding School (Tuba City, AZ)<br>


'''See:''' ''School Census of Navajo Indians in McKinley and Valencia Counties, New Mexico'', 1957, 1961. by Martin M. Martinez. Arranged alphabetically by surname. FHL film 1,036,099 item 2.<br>
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See also: Agencies for school records<br>  
*''School Census of Navajo Indians in McKinley and Valencia Counties, New Mexico'', 1957, 1961. by Martin M. Martinez. Arranged alphabetically by surname. FHL film 1,036,099 item 2.<br>
*Martinez, Martin M. School Census of Navajo Indians in McKinley and Valencia Counties, NM, 1957, 1961 FHL film 1036099 item 2
*&nbsp;U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Census fro Navajo in Leupp Agency and school in Leupp, AZ 1915-1929. FHL 576938 item 1-12<br> See also: Agencies for school records<br>


=== Religion  ===
=== Religion  ===
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=== Published  ===
=== Published  ===
==== Biographies<br> ====
*Brugge, David M. Navajo Bibliography with Subject Index '''FHL 970.3 N227be'''
*Hoffman, Virginia. Navajo Biographies. '''FHL 970.3 N227h'''<br><br>


==== CODE TALKERS  ====
==== CODE TALKERS  ====
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*Acrey, Bill. Navajo History: ''The Land and the People''.  
*Acrey, Bill. Navajo History: ''The Land and the People''.  
*Bailey, Garrick and Roberta G. Bailey. ''A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years''.  
*Bailey, Garrick and Roberta G. Bailey. ''A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years''.  
*Collier, John. ''On the Gleaming Way: Navajos, Eastern Pueblos, Zunis, Hopis, Apaches, and their land, and their meaning to the world. '''''FHL 970.1 C69o'''<br>
*Coolidge, Dane and Mary Roberts Collidge. ''The Navajo Indians''. '''FHL 970.3 N227c'''
*Crane, Leo. ''Indians of the Enchanted Desert.'''''FHL 970.1 C85i''' or fiche 66088445 (6 fiche)
*Forbes, Jack D. ''Apache, Navaho (sic) and Spaniard''. '''FHL 970.1 F744a'''<br>
*Iverson, Peter and Monty Roessel. ''Dine': A History of the Navajos''.  
*Iverson, Peter and Monty Roessel. ''Dine': A History of the Navajos''.  
*James, George Wharton. ''The Indians of the Painted Desert Region: Hopis, Navahoes (sic) Wallapais, Havasupais.'' '''FHL 970.1 J233i'''<br>
*Kluckhohn, Clyde. And Dorothea Leighton. ''The Navaho''. '''FHL 970.3 N227n'''<br>
*Locke, Raymond Friday. ''The Book of the Navajos''.  
*Locke, Raymond Friday. ''The Book of the Navajos''.  
*&nbsp;Parman, Donald L. ''The Navajos and the New Deal''. '''FHL 970.3 N227pa'''<br>
*Sundberg, Lawrence. ''Dinetah: An Early History of the Navajo People''.  
*Sundberg, Lawrence. ''Dinetah: An Early History of the Navajo People''.  
*Underhill, Ruth. ''The Navajos''.  
*Underhill, Ruth. ''The Navajos''.  
*Terrell, John Upton. The Navajo: the past and present of a great people.'''FHL 970.3 N227tn'''<br>
*Thomas, Alfred Barnaby and Juan Bautista de Arza. ''Forgotten Frontiers: a study of the Spanish Indian policy of Con Juan Bautista de Arza, governor of New Mexico, 1777-1787''. from the original documents in the archives of Spain, Mexico and New Mexico. '''FHL 970.1 T361f '''
*Underhill, Ruth. ''The Navajos''. '''FHL 970.3 N227'''<br>
*Wilkins, David E.''The Navajo Political Experience''
*Wilkins, David E.''The Navajo Political Experience''


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*Centennial Book Committee, eds.''Rehoboth Christian School, 1903-2003: Celebrating 100 Years of God's Faith''.  
*Centennial Book Committee, eds.''Rehoboth Christian School, 1903-2003: Celebrating 100 Years of God's Faith''.  
*De. Korne, John C.''Navaho and Zuni for Christ:Fifty Years of Indian Missions''.  
*De. Korne, John C.''Navaho and Zuni for Christ:Fifty Years of Indian Missions''.  
*Faris, James C. ''The Nightway: a history of a Navajo Ceremonial'' '''FHL 970.3 N22f '''
*Reichard, Gladys A.''Navaho Religion''.
*Reichard, Gladys A.''Navaho Religion''.


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*Berkowitz, Paul and Kevin Gilmartin.''The Case of the Indian Trader: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbel Trading Post.''  
*Berkowitz, Paul and Kevin Gilmartin.''The Case of the Indian Trader: Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at Hubbel Trading Post.''  
*[http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=usupress_pubs Evans, Will.&nbsp;]''[http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=usupress_pubs Along Navajo Trails: Recollections of a Trader, 1898-1948].''  
*[http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=usupress_pubs Evans, Will.&nbsp;]''[http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=usupress_pubs Along Navajo Trails: Recollections of a Trader, 1898-1948].''  
*Gillmor, Frances and Louisa Wade Wetherill.''Traders to the Navajos:The Story of the Wetherills.''  
*Gillmor, Frances and Louisa Wade Wetherill.''Traders to the Navajos:The Story of the Wetherills.'''FHL&nbsp;929.273 W532g or fiche 6006789 (4 fiche)'''''  
*Graves, Laura.''Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader.''  
*Graves, Laura.''Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader.''  
*Kennedy, John D.''A Good Trade: Three Generations of Life and Trading Around the Indian Capital Gallup, New Mexico''.  
*Kennedy, John D.''A Good Trade: Three Generations of Life and Trading Around the Indian Capital Gallup, New Mexico''.  
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