It is a bit bigger than West Virgina. 27,000 square miles vs 24,000.
The largest Indian Reservation in the US, in both square miles and population, is the Navajo Indian Reservation with 24,096.30 square miles and a population of 180,462 in the 2000 census.
The Navajo (Dine') Reservation is in the Great Basin Desert region of the southwestern United States.
The Navajo or Navaho (Dine') are the largest federally recognized tribe of Native Americans in the United States. They live in the southwestern US, in the Four Corners region, in the US states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The Navajo Nation, an independent government body, manages the Navajo Indian Reservation.
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The origin of the word Navajo comes from the Spanish conquistadors who, in their travels into the North American continent, used this as a curse word because the Indigenous people would steal their horses under the cover of darkness. The slang word is loosely translated as 'underminers' or 'those who cut from under'. To the strict, true-blooded Dine' the word is akin to using the 'N-word' to defame Black Americans.
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New Mexico and Arizona have common Navajo land
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The largest Indian Reservation in the US, in both square miles and population, is the Navajo Indian Reservation with 24,096.30 square miles and a population of 180,462 in the 2000 census.
The Navajo reservation in the American southwest is the largest.
The Navajo reservation
The Navajo is the largest tribe of Native Americans in the United States. The 17-million acre Navajo reservation includes land in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and a small part of Colorado. The Navajo Reservation is the largest reservation in the US.
The Hopi Reservation is within the Navajo Reservation in north-eastern Arizona.
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The Navajo Nation.