How the Navajo Nation Works (A Country Within a Country?)
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Published 2021-06-30
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Writing by Sam Denby
Research by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
Animation by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster
Select footage courtesy the AP Archive
All Comments (21)
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I just posted a new video on my new channel, Extremities. It's about why and how people live on Kerguelen--one of the world's most remote islands with human settlement. So make sure to go watch that video next here: https://youtu.be/vglBkQb_x9Q
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And even stranger is the Hopi nation INSIDE the Navajo nation.
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Sam got tired of waiting for CGP Grey so he decided to make this video himself.
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This is probably a graphic design problem but the ‘hole’ in the middle of the Navajo reservation is actually another reservation, the Hopi reservation, but it isn’t colored like a reservation in the map.
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Have an Army buddy who is from the Navajo Nation, and moved back there after he got out. Got to hear all sorts of cool things about his people and he showed me a picture of the traditional Hogan he lives in. Bless you my Navajo friends!
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The INSANE logistics of the Navajo Nation
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If this wasn't mentioned in the video, the funniest thing about the Navajo Nation, in my opinion, is that it's the only part of Arizona that recognizes Daylight Savings Time.
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Small correction: WinStar World Casino is owned and operated by the Chickasaw Nation, not the Chippewa Tribe. Love your videos!
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As a truck driver who travels across the Navajo once a week, I am saddened by the poverty I see, if you could see what some of these people call homes and places they live, it would probably bring a tear to your eye.
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How do you say "Jeep Grand Cherokee"? I've never heard someone struggle so much with pronouncing "Cherokee".
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Small correction at 8:15 : the US federal government absolutely taxes on residency in addition to citizenship. Foreigners living in the US, whether they are on immigrant or non-immigrant visa or green cards, are required to pay US federal taxes too.
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0:15 “This map displays the internally recognized borders of the United States,” Alaska: 🥶
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Not true, you can build your house but you got to get something called a homesite lease where you have to apply and pay the tribe to build your house on public land. Not all of us live in NHA housing or Mobile homes most of us live in homes we build ourselves on homesite leased land
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I was expecting CGPGrey to do this earlier :(
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Much love and respect to the Navajo People. When I lived in Arizona many of my friends and coworkers were Navajo, and they were all lovely Human beings.
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I’ve been to the Navajo Nation on several occasions to attend ceremonies me and my brother were invited to. Wonderful people and community we were with. Got to do a lot of site seeing and hiking. The land I saw was beautiful.
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Sometimes it’s hard for me to accept I’m a Navajo. I want to feel good about it but then I realize how flimsy our foundation is. I hate pride and feeling bad for myself but ... they’re my people and I want them to soar. However, there’s just so many variables and problems that make it impossible to see a future here.
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I spent an entire summer in the Navajo Nation. It is such an interesting area, the Nation is truly incredible in history. They fought in WW2 as code talkers, they weren't fighting for the government, they were fighting for what was right
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When Wendover talks about reservations more than CPG Grey
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The emphasis is on the second syllable in Diné, it's dih-NAY, not DEE-nay.
