Editing Navajo Nation (section)

==Terminology==
In [[English language|English]], the official name for the area was [[Navajo Indian Reservation]], as outlined in Article II of the 1868 [[Treaty of Bosque Redondo]]. On April 15, 1969, the tribe changed its official name to the "Navajo Nation", which is displayed on its seal.<ref name="nav-pol-ex-name">[[David E. Wilkins|Wilkins, David Eugene]]. ''The Navajo Political Experience''. Diné College Press. Tsaile/Tséhílį́: 1999. p. 3</ref> In 1994, the Tribal Council rejected a proposal to change the official designation from "Navajo" to ''"Diné"'', a traditional name for the people. Some people said that ''Diné'' represented the people in their time of suffering before the [[Long Walk of the Navajo|Long Walk]], and that ''Navajo'' is the appropriate designation for the future.<ref>Brenda Norell. "Navajo oppose name change". ''Indian Country Today''. 12 January 1994.</ref> In the [[Navajo language]], ''Diné'' means "the People", a term used in many languages as an [[endonym]]. Among the Navajo populace, both terms are employed. In 2017, the Navajo Nation Council rejected legislation to change the name to "Diné Nation", citing potential "confusion and frustration among Navajo citizens and non-Navajos".<ref>[https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/04/19/navajo-nation-council-rejects-bill-to-ch.asp "Navajo Nation Council rejects bill to change tribe's name to 'Dine Nation{{'"}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016043222/https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/04/19/navajo-nation-council-rejects-bill-to-ch.asp |date=October 16, 2021 }}. ''Indianz.com''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navajonationcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dine_Nation_legislation_fails_to_garner_enough_support.pdf|title='Diné Nation' legislation fails to garner enough support|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112143448/https://www.navajonationcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Dine_Nation_legislation_fails_to_garner_enough_support.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In Navajo, the geographic entity with its legally defined borders is known as ''{{spell-nv|Naabeehó Bináhásdzo}}''. This contrasts with ''{{spell-nv|Diné Bikéyah}}'' and ''{{spell-nv|Naabeehó Bikéyah}}'' for the general idea of "Navajoland".<ref>Young, Robert W & William Morgan, Sr. ''The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary''. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. 1987.</ref> Neither of these terms should be confused with ''{{spell-nv|[[Dinétah]]}}'', the term used for the traditional homeland of the Navajo. This is located in the area among the four sacred Navajo mountains of ''{{spell-nv|Dookʼoʼoosłííd}}'' ([[San Francisco Peaks]]), ''{{spell-nv|Dibé Ntsaa}}'' ([[Hesperus Mountain (Colorado)|Hesperus Mountain]]), ''{{spell-nv|Sisnaajiní}}'' ([[Blanca Peak]]), and ''{{spell-nv|Tsoodził}}'' ([[Mount Taylor (New Mexico)|Mount Taylor]]).