Proper noun
the Navajo Nation
A nation in the United States, a tribal nation, sovereign domestic dependent nation established in 1868 by the treaty of Treaty of Bosque Redondo, nominally located in the states of Arizona and New Mexico, in the Navajo Reservation. Capital: Window Rock
Across the Navajo Nation, there are just 13 ICU beds in the three large in-patient facilities run by the Indian Health Services, according to Dr. Loretta Christensen, the chief medical officer with the Navajo Area Indian Health Service. Source: Internet
A dried out lake stands near the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau on June 06, 2019 in Thoreau, New Mexico. Source: Internet
An important factor contributing to infections for the Navajo Nation is that about 30 percent of homes on the reservation don't have running water, which makes regular hand-washing a challenge, the ABC News report said. Source: Internet
DENVER, April 24 (UPI) -- Expecting the cases of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation to peak in mid-May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA are constructing three reservation field hospitals to be used as alternative care sites, the tribe said. Source: Internet
District schools on or near the Navajo Nation — in Bluff, Monument Valley, Montezuma Creek and Navajo Mountain — have been entirely virtual since the beginning of the semester and will remain so. Source: Internet
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Late on a fall evening in 2001, Alyce Slim and her granddaughter stopped at a gas station on the Navajo Nation after searching for a traditional healer for leg ailments. Source: Internet