Navajo Nation surpasses Cherokee to become largest tribe in US
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez speaks during a live radio address with first lady Jill Biden in attendance, in Window Rock, Ariz., on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Nez questions the fairness in awarding more money to tribes that don t have at least a one-fourth blood quantum. Here on Navajo, we verify blood quantum, and that s a requirement, he says.(Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)
By FELICIA FONSECA
Published: May. 19, 2021 at 6:02 AM CDT|Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 3:45 PM CDT
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) The Navajo Nation has by far the largest land mass of any Native American tribe in the country. Now, it’s boasting the largest enrolled population, too.
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