My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain... There was a time when our people covered the land as the waves of a wind-ruffled sea cover its shell-paved floor, but that time long since passed away with the greatness of tribes that are now but a mournful memory. Chief Seattle
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The Navajo Nation is one of the largest Native American Nations in the United States. According to the official 2012 census, it covers over 18,000 square miles in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The Navajo Nation was founded in 1868 by the signing of the Treaty of Bosque Redondo. The Navajo Nation is governed by a democratically elected government.

Source: The Chief Seattles Speech

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