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Guide to '''Navajo Indian family history, and genealogy''' census, school, and agencies and their records. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles and the nation has over 320,000 tribal citizens living in 110 chapters or communities. | Guide to '''Navajo Indian family history, and genealogy''' census, school, and agencies and their records. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles and the nation has over 320,000 tribal citizens living in 110 chapters or communities. | ||
=== Tribal Headquarters | === Tribal Headquarters === | ||
{{Click|Image:AI_ORP.png|American Indian Online Genealogy Records|right}}The Navajo Nation<br>P.O. Box 9000, Window Rock, AZ 86515<br>Telephone: (928) 871-6000 | {{Click|Image:AI_ORP.png|American Indian Online Genealogy Records|right}}The Navajo Nation<br>P.O. Box 9000, Window Rock, AZ 86515<br>Telephone: (928) 871-6000 | ||
=== '''History''' === | === '''History''' === | ||
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The Navajo (Naabeeho, Navaho, and other variants) are the largest [http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/xofa/documents/document/idc012038.pdf federally recognized tribes] in the United States, or known among kinsmen as Dine'. The Navajo Nation is an independent government body, which manages the Navajo Indian reservation. | The Navajo (Naabeeho, Navaho, and other variants) are the largest [http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/xofa/documents/document/idc012038.pdf federally recognized tribes] in the United States, or known among kinsmen as Dine'. The Navajo Nation is an independent government body, which manages the Navajo Indian reservation. | ||
Like most groups, the Navajos relate their history to major events which influenced their people and family history information will usually relate to these events. | Like most groups, the Navajos relate their history to major events which influenced their people and family history information will usually relate to these events. | ||
==== Brief Timeline ==== | ==== Brief Timeline ==== | ||