Editing Navajo Nation (section)

==Education==
Historically, the Navajo Nation resisted compulsory western education, including boarding schools, as imposed by the government in the aftermath of the [[Long Walk of the Navajo|Long Walk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawreview.byu.edu/archives/2008/2/8WITTE.FIN.pdf|title=BYU Law Review|website=Lawreview.byu.edu|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=September 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916195033/http://lawreview.byu.edu/archives/2008/2/8WITTE.FIN.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Navajo families and society have provided traditional and home education with considerable scope and depth since before the US annexation.

Continued education, and retention of Navajo students in school are significant priorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.nau.edu/~jar/INAR.html|title=Dropout Prevention for American Indian and Alaska Native Students|first=Jon|last=Reyhner|website=2.nau.edu|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=January 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130235840/http://www2.nau.edu/~jar/INAR.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Major problems faced by the Nations relates to helping students improve their grades and to prevent a very high drop-out rate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nrcprograms.org/reservation-series-navajo/|title=Reservation Series: Navajo|work=Native American / American Indian Blog by Partnership With Native Americans|date=April 3, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2014|archive-date=December 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229203703/http://blog.nrcprograms.org/reservation-series-navajo/|url-status=live}}</ref> among high school students. Over 150 public, private, and Bureau of Indian Affairs schools serve Nation students from kindergarten through high school. Most schools are funded from the Navajo Nation under the [[Johnson–O'Malley Act|Johnson O'Malley]] program.

The Nation runs community [[Head Start (program)|Head Start]] programs, the only in the field of education fully operated by the Navajo Nation government. Post-secondary education and vocational training are available on and off the territory.

The Navajo Nation operates Tséhootsooí Diné Bi'ólta', a Navajo-language immersion school for grades K–8 in [[Fort Defiance, Arizona]]. Located on the Arizona-New Mexico border in the southeastern quarter of the Navajo Nation, the school strives to revitalize Navajo among children of the [[Window Rock Unified School District]]. Tséhootsooí Diné Bi'ólta' has thirteen Navajo language teachers who instruct only in the Navajo language. Five English language teachers instruct in the English language. Kindergarten and first grade are taught completely in the Navajo language, while English is incorporated into the program during third grade, when it is used for about 10% of instruction.<ref>{{cite web|title=TSÉHOOTSOOÍ DINÉ BI'ÓLTA' Navajo Immersion School|url=http://ourmothertongues.org/language/Navajo/8|access-date=15 August 2015|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905223432/http://ourmothertongues.org/language/Navajo/8|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Primary and secondary education===
The Nation has access to six systems of primary and secondary academic institutions that serve Navajo students, including:
* Arizona public schools
* New Mexico public schools
* Utah public schools
* [[Bureau of Indian Education]]-operated public schools
* Association of Navajo-Controlled schools
* [[Navajo Preparatory School]], Inc.
* [[Catholic Schools]]

===Diné College – Tsaile campus===
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[[File:Ned_A_Hatathli_Cultural_Center.jpeg|thumb|The Ned A Hataałi Center at Diné College's [[Tsaile, Arizona|Tsaile]] campus]]

The Navajo Nation operates Diné College, a two-year tribal [[community college]], with its main campus at [[Tsaile, Arizona|Tsaile]] in [[Apache County, Arizona|Apache County]], Arizona. The college also operates seven sub-campuses throughout the nation. The Navajo Nation Council founded the college in 1968 as the first [[tribal colleges and universities|tribal college]] in the United States.<ref name="ambler">[http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org/themag/backissues/summer2005/sum05ambler.htm Marjane Ambler, "While globalizing their movement, tribal colleges import ideas"], ''Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education'', Vol. 16 No.4, Summer 2005, accessed 7 July 2011 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322012222/http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org/themag/backissues/summer2005/sum05ambler.htm |date=March 22, 2012 }}</ref> Since then, tribal colleges have been established on numerous reservations and now total 32.<ref name="ambler" />
Diné College has 1,830 students enrolled, of which 210 are students seeking transfer to four-year institutions in order to earn bachelor's degrees.

====Center for Diné Studies====
The college includes the Center for Diné Studies. Its goal is to apply Navajo ''Sa'ah Naagháí Bik'eh Hózhóón'' principles to advance quality student learning through ''Nitsáhákees'' (thinking), ''Nahat'á'' (planning), ''Iiná'' (living), and ''Siihasin'' (assurance) in study of the Diné language, history, and culture. Students are prepared for further studies and employment in a multi-cultural and technological world.

===Navajo Technical University (NTU)===
Located in [[Crownpoint, New Mexico]], [[Navajo Technical University]] is a tribal university offering various vocational, technical, and academic degrees and certificates. NTU was opened in 1979 as the Navajo Skill Center, intended to provide opportunity to unemployed people of the Navajo Nation. The center has since been renamed multiple times in response to growth and its changing programs.

In 1985 it was renamed Crownpoint Institute of Technology and in 2006 as Navajo Technical College. In 2013 it was named as a "university" in recognition of its program expansion, under resolution codified by the Navajo Nation Council.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vandever|first=Daniel|date=August 1, 2013|title=Navajo Tech becomes a University|url=https://tribalcollegejournal.org/navajo-tech-becomes-a-university/|journal=Journal of American Indian Higher Education|volume=25|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410163448/https://tribalcollegejournal.org/navajo-tech-becomes-a-university/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navajotech.edu/about|title=About Navajo Technical University – Navajo Technical University {{!}} Crownpoint, NM|website=www.navajotech.edu|access-date=2020-04-10|archive-date=March 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324093243/http://www.navajotech.edu/about|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Navajo Preparatory School Inc ===
[[Navajo Preparatory School]] is located in Farmington, New Mexico on a small patch of land owned by The Navajo Nation bought for the purpose of the School. Navajo Preparatory School is 1 of 1926 International Baccalaureate (IB) schools in the world. Navajo Preparatory School is the Only Navajo-sanctioned, college-preparatory school for Native Americans, Navajo Preparatory School recruits some of the best and brightest students of the Navajo Nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://navajoprep.com/about-us/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Navajo Prep |language=en-US}}</ref> The moto of Navajo Preparatory School is Yideską́ą́góó Naatʼáanii (Leaders now and into the future). The purpose of the program is to provide students with an academically challenging high school education, which meets worldwide standards and criteria and is sanctioned by International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://navajoprep.com/about-us/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Navajo Prep |language=en-US}}</ref>