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Jan 1, 1100
Navajo (Diné) Beginnings
Origin stories of the Diné (Navajo) tell of First Man and First Woman leading the Diné through a succession of worlds until a flood brings them to the present Glittering World. In this world the Navajo settle in Diné Bikéyah, the Navajo homeland, bound by the four sacred mountains. -
Period: Jan 1, 1100 to
Navajo History
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Jan 1, 1200
Culture
Distinctive Navajo culture emerges from 1200-1500 AD. Believed to have been born to Earth centuries earlier, a distinctive Navajo culture takes hold in the Four corners area of the Colorado Plateau. -
Jan 1, 1581
Spanish Contact
First Spanish contact with Navajos -
Massacre at Canyon de Chelly
Spanish soldiers kill more than 100 Navajo women, children, and elders hiding in a cave -
The Long Walk
Native captives are force to marched on the Long Walk to Fort Sumner, 350 miles east in New Mexico, and many died. One group, led by Hoskininni, fled from Monument Valley. -
Reservations Begin
Treaty of Bosque Redondo creates a Navajo Reservation -
Navajo Tribal Council Created
Navajo communities are organized into chapters -
Indian Affairs
Roosevelt appointed a commissioner of Indian Affairs, who advocated a system of livestock reduction to alleviate soil erosion problems in conflict with the importance of livestock to the Navajo. -
Indian Regorganization Act
The Navajo reject the Indian Reorganization Act because it is identified with livestock reduction -
Marine Navajo Code Talkers in World War II
Navajo Marines use their language as a battlefield code, which the enemy is unable to decipher. -
Annie Wauneka
First woman elected to Navajo Tribal Council -
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (MVNTP)
The first Navajo tribal park is established -
Navajo Museam
The Navajo Tribal Museum established at Window Rock -
Navajo Community College
The first Native-operated college opens on the reservation -
The New Najavo (Dine) Nation
Navajo Tribal Council declares the reservation the Navajo Nation, also adopts the Navajo flag -
Dine Tourism
Navajo Toursim Department established -
Peterson Zah
Due to Government reform, the first Navajo president elected was Peterson Zah -
Medal of Honor -- Code Talkers
President Clinton approves Congressional Medal of Honor for WWII code talkers -
Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education
The Navajo Council acts to promote the goals of the Navajo Sovereignty in Education Act of 2005 which include the establishment and management of a Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education, to confirm the commitment of the Navajo Nation to the education of the Navajo People, to repeal obsolete language, and to update and reorganize the existing language -
MVNTP Anniversary
50th anniversary of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (MVNTP)
