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Navajo Nation surpasses Cherokee to become largest US tribe


Navajo Nation surpasses Cherokee to become largest US tribe
FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press
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1of6FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2018 file photo, Monument Valley is shown in Utah. 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. The number grew to nearly 400,000 because of payments made to individual Navajos for hardships during the pandemic. The tribe now tops the Cherokee Nation s enrollment of 392,000, but a tribal spokeswoman says the Oklahoma tribe also is growing.Rick Bowmer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6Navajo 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 ....

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