Now, according to the US, the Navajo Nation is sovereign, but it’s certainly not a country, so what is it? Now, like all Indian Reservations, the story of how the Navajo Nation came to be is complex and tragic. Sam Denby of Wendover Productions explains how the Navajo Nation and other Native American tribes exist as “dependent” countries within the borders of the United States through reservations.Ĭentered around northeastern Arizona, but passing into Utah and New Mexico as well, the Navajo nation is physically larger than ten US states and has a population greater than that of 18 UN-recognized countries.
