Indigenous Peoples of the World

Dineh

More commonly known as the Navajo, the Dineh (Dine) are one of the most populous of Indigenous Nations in North America. In the 2000 U.S. census, 298,197 people claimed to be fully or partly of Dineh ancestry

Speaking an Athabaskan language of Na-Dené stock, the Dineh have more speakers than any other Indigenous language north of the U.S.-Mexico border, with 170,717 self-reported speakers in 2007.

The traditional home of the Dineh is on the Colorado Plateau in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, where the Dineh continue to reside today.

Adapted from Wikipedia’s article on the Navajo People

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Navajo, Hopi, Zuni: Save the Confluence!

The Navajo (Dineh) group “Save the Confluence” are opposed to the development of the Grand Canyon Escalade project at... Read More

Navajo Council votes NO! to Little Colorado River water rights settlement

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation Council voted down the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Settlement Agreement on Thursday... Read More

Slick PR and green hoax aims to deceive Navajos

A new PR firm, and a slick green hoax, are aimed at the theft of Navajo water rights and... Read More

Diné and Hopi protest further dismantling of their basic right to water

All photos and reporting from the scene courtesy of Outta Your Backpack Media, a collective working for indigenous youth... Read More

Calling all Defenders: Mobilize for the San Francisco Peaks!

Calling all defenders: Plans are underway for a nationwide protest in defense of the San Francisco Peaks in north... Read More

Doo’ko’oosliid: What the San Francisco Peaks Means to the Dine’

Doo’ko’oosliid is a Dine’ Youth-made film about their community’s relationship with the San Francisco Peaks. The film was put... Read More

Underreported Struggles #44, November 2010

In this month’s Underreported Struggles:Mapuche prisoners resume their hunger strike; Police in Argentina attack Toba protesters, killing two; Congress... Read More

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