Navajo Reservation
N 36° 59.454 W 109° 02.705
12S E 673970 N 4095649
This entrance to the Navajo Nation is located on the Arizona-New Mexico border in the Four Corners area.
Waymark Code: WM71AV
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2009
Views: 36
The Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah in the Navajo language) is a semi-autonomous Native American homeland covering about 26,000 square miles (67,339 square kilometres, 17 million acres), occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico. It is the largest land area assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the United States.
The Nation encompasses the land, kinship, language, religion, and the right of its people to govern themselves. Members of the Nation are often known as Navajo (or Navaho) but traditionally call themselves Diné (sometimes spelled in English as Dineh) which means "Navajo, people, human" in Navajo. (The text above was copied from the Navajo Nations website.)
Type of Nation Within: Native American Indian Reservation (USA)
Tribe or Band: Navajo
Land Area - Specify Acres or Miles: 26,000 square miles
Population: 173,987
Open or Closed to Public: Open To Public
Website for further information: [Web Link]
Coordinates of site within area to visit: N 36° 59.939 W 109° 02.711
Address of Main Entrance to area: Not listed
Date when area was established or set aside: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Only one waymark per area (reservation) will be accepted, although you may log visits anywhere within the reservation because they oftentimes cover a large area. To log a visit to the waymark, please provide a photo of signage recognizing the area and a photo from within the area.