Navajo Nation, Arizona (Tribe)

United States Arizona  Indians of Arizona



Tribal Headquarters
The Navajo Nation P.O. Box 9000, Window Rock, AZ 86515 Telephone: (928) 871-6000

Welcome to the Navajo Nation Government

History

 * History -- The People
 * The Navajo People: A Brief History
 * Land Use History of North America, Colorado Plateau, Navajo (Diné)
 * The Navajo
 * Navajo History
 * The Diné
 * Navojo Indians History
 * New Mexico Office of the State Historian, Navajo Nation

Timelines

 * Navajo Timeline
 * Cultural Heritage of the Navajo
 * The Timeline of Navajo History
 * Destination Beauty - Discover Navajo

Brief Timeline

 * 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
 * World War II: Navajo Code Talkers

Reservations
Navajo Nation, Arizona (Reservation)

Records
Begin your search for records concerning members of the Navajo Nation by searching the FamilyHistory Library Catalog on the subject of "Navajo." Click on the Catalog link from FamilySearch.

You may also find additional information from

The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas 1400 John Burgess Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76140 Phone: 817-551-2000 Fax: 817-551-2037

Native American Records National Archives Archival Research Catalog Historical Records Online Native American Records

Important Web Sites

 * Office of the Navajo Nation Library

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


 * The Navajo Nation Museum
 * Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department
 * Navajo Nation Archaeology Deparatment
 * Navajo Nation Office of Vital Records