Navajo Nation, Arizona (Tribe): Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Map of Navajo Nation Public Health Service.jpg|right|400px|Map of Navajo Nation Public Health Service.jpg]]See also [[Navajo Indians]]<br><br>

The Navajo Nation<br>P.O. Box 9000, Window Rock, AZ 86515<br>Telephone: (928) 871-6000{{wikipedia|Navajo Nation}}

=== History ===

 

 

*[http://www.navajoworld.com/newsletter/earth2.htm The Navajo People: A Brief History]

 

*[http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/People/navajo.htm Land Use History of North America, Colorado Plateau, Navajo (Diné)]

*[http://www.anthro4n6.net/navajo/ The Navajo]

*[http://www.navajo-arts.com/navajo-history.html Navajo History]

*[http://dine.sanjuan.k12.ut.us/heritage/people/dine/index.htm The Diné]<br>

*[http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=24143http://newmexicohistory.org/historical-events-and-timeline New Mexico Office of the State Historian, Navajo Nation]

The Navajo Agency of the Office of Indian Affairs was created in 1851 and was under the jurisdiction of the [[New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs|New Mexico Superintendency]]. Even when the [[Arizona Superintendency of Indian Affairs|Arizona Superintendency]] came into existence in 1863, the Navajo Agency, located at Fort Defiance Arizona, remained under New Mexico until that superintendency was abolished in 1874. The [[Fort Defiance Indian Agency|Fort Defiance Agency]] continued to operate there even after the [[Superintendencies of Indian Affairs|superintendencies]] ceased to exist.  

 

 

{{Wikipedia|Navajo Wars}}

*[http://www.lapahie.com/Timeline_to_1491.cfm Navajo Timeline]

*[http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/smmindex3/navajotimeline.html The Timeline of Navajo History]

*[http://www.discovernavajo.com/navajo-culture-and-history.aspx?#BlogContent Navajo Culture &amp; History - Discover Navajo]

*'''Mid 1700s:''' Spanish sent missionaries

 

*'''1846: '''Treaty

 

*'''1846-48:''' Mexican War

 

*'''1848: '''Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico cede the Southwest to the United States

 

*'''1849:''' Treaty

 

*'''1860:''' Attacted Fort Defiance

 

*'''1862:''' Kit Carson began scorched-earth offensive

 

*'''1864-1866:''' Relocated with Apache to New Mexico, at Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner, about 200 Navajos died on the 300 mile trek. - "The Long Walk". It is estimated 2,000 died while at Bosque Redondo

 

*'''1868: '''Treaty, granted reservation

 

=== Reservations  ===

 

 

 

The '''majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies'''. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:<br>

 

*[[American Indian Census Rolls|Census records]]

*[[American Indian Health Records|Health records]]

*[[American Indian School Records|School census and records]]

*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]

<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13.2799997329712px;">Begin your search for records concerning members of the Navajo Nation by searching the FamilySearchLibrary Catalog on the subject of "Navajo." Click on the Catalog link from </span>[https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 13.2799997329712px;">.</span><br> You may also find additional information from

 

 

=== Websites ===

Office of Navajo Nation Library<br>P.O. Box 9040<br>Window Rock, Arizona 86515<br>Telephone:(928)871-6376<br>Fax: (928)871-7304  

 

 

 

=== Bibliography ===

*Clinton-Tullie, Verna. The Tobacco People from Awatovi. Window Rock, Ariz.?: s.n, 1981.  

*United States, and National Archives (U.S.). Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Navajo ; Navajo Springs. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau, 1909. United States, and National Archives (U.S.). Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940. Navajo ; Navajo Springs. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau, 1909. {{WorldCat|497815796}}  

*Yazzie, Ethelou. Navajo History. Volume 1. Chinle, AZ: Rough Rock Press, 1971. {{WorldCat|80908548}}

 

 

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