The first modern Navajo government convened in 1923 in an effort to organize and regulate an increasing amount of oil exploration activities on Navajo lands.

On the Navajo lands, unemployment ranges from 30 percent to 40 percent, and shacks are more common than houses.

The Mescaleros soon ran away; the Navajos stayed longer, but in May 1868 were permitted to return to Navajo lands.

Carson and his forces swept through Navajo land, killing Navajos and destroying any crops, livestock or dwellings they came across.

Monument Valley, on Navajo land, straddles the Utah-Arizona border.

Railroad service reached Navajo lands in the early 1880s and resulted in considerable expansion of the market for Navajo woven goods.

These sheep were well-suited to the climate in Navajo lands, and that produced a useful long-staple wool.

Written history since the 1 700s has documented Spanish and Mexican relations with Navajos, followed by American military invasion and colonization of Navajo lands.

This was the first U.S. military expedition into the heart of Dine Bikeyah, Navajo land.

Some residents of southeastern Utah were trying to claim Navajo lands under provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act.