Who are the Navajo?
The largest Southwest American Indian reservation and the nations largest tribe is that of the Navajo which has more than 160,000 members. The Navajo Indians call themselves Dine, the people. Their reservation is in Northern Arizona, New Mexico and southwestern Utah. The Navajo ancestors were hunters and gatherers from the north who wandered into the Southwest around 500 to 800 years ago. The language is Athapascan and is similar to the Apache tribe of the Southwest. Their language is related to that of the Athapascan people living in northwestern Canada.
