Navajo Nation, Arizona (Reservation)

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The Navajo Indian Reservation is a federally-recognized reservation, located in northeastern Arizona. the reservation is located in Apache, Navajo, and Coconino Counties, Arizona


 * Established -- 1868
 * Agency (BIA) --
 * Principal tribes --
 * Population --

History
1921 Oil discovered on the reservation.

Treaties

 * 1849 September 9,
 * 1868 June 1, removal, reservation

Records
Enrollment Records:

Tribal enrollment for the Navajo Nation is handled through: Navajo Office of Vital Records P.O. Box 9000 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Telephone: 928-871-6386 or 928-729-4020 Everyone enrolled as a member of the Navajo Nation since 1925 has been assigned a tribal census number. Those records are also maintained by this office.

Land records: Tribal land: 12,940 Allotted Land: 722,854