June 3, 2019
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Vice President Myron Lizer, first and second ladies, Chief Justice JoAnn B. Jayne, and members of the 24th Navajo Nation Council were in attendance June 1 as the Navajo Nation Museum unveiled the Navajo Treaty of 1868 – “Tappan Copy,” donated by Clare “Kitty” P. Weaver to the Navajo Nation, in Window Rock, Arizona. (Office of the President and Vice President)
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Coming home: Navajo receives treaty that ended imprisonment
Navajo Nation president welcomes public to view treaty in Window Rock from June 1-8
A 150-year-old document that allowed Navajos to return to their homeland in the Four Corners region where Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado meet is destined for a permanent home at the tribe’s museum.
By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press
June 4, 2019
