The Navajo Nation is a Native American territory covering about 71,000 km2, occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico in the United States. This is the largest land area retained by a Native American tribe.
The Navajo Nation has an elected government that includes an executive office, a legislative house, and a judicial system, but the United States federal government continues to assert plenary power over all decisions. The executive system manages a large law enforcement and social services apparatus, health services, Diné College, and other local educational trusts.
The population continues to disproportionately struggle with health problems, unemployment, and the effects of past uranium mining incidents.
These black and white pictures were taken by John Collier Jr. that show everyday life of Navajo people in 1948.
The Navajo Nation has an elected government that includes an executive office, a legislative house, and a judicial system, but the United States federal government continues to assert plenary power over all decisions. The executive system manages a large law enforcement and social services apparatus, health services, Diné College, and other local educational trusts.
The population continues to disproportionately struggle with health problems, unemployment, and the effects of past uranium mining incidents.
These black and white pictures were taken by John Collier Jr. that show everyday life of Navajo people in 1948.
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| A feast after a ceremony, near Ganado, Arizona, 1948 |
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| A Navajo woman riding horse, near Ganado, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Elizabeth Smith cooking fried bread, Near Ganado, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Father and daughter planting corn, near Tuba City, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Fixing irrigation ditch, near Moenave, Arizona, 1948 |
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| In a factory, 1948 |
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| Jim Smith family building a hogan, near Ganado, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Men at rest, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Mother and daughter cutting sheep wool, near Tuba City, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Mother and daughter doing spring planting, near Tuba City, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Natani family, near Ganado, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Navajo family in Arizona, 1948 |
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| Navajo family, Navajo Mountain, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Navajo girl handspinning, near Ganado, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Navajo girls learn first to weave by observation, near Navajo Mountain, Utah, 1948 |
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| Navajo man plowing land near White House Ruins, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1948 |
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| Navajo man taking water, 198 |
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| Navajo Mountain School, Utah, 1948 |
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| Navajo Mountain School, Utah, 1948 |
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| Navajo Mountain, Utah, 1948 |
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| Navajo people, 1948 |
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| Navajo WWII veteran showing his children his Japanese stamp and coin collection, 1948 |
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| Spinning and weaving go on until a rug is finished, Navajo Reservation, 1948 |
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| Students at the Navajo Mountain Community School, Navajo Mountain, Utah, 1948 |
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| Students practice trading, at the Navajo Mountain Community School, Utah, 1948 |
