Is the Navajo nation the largest native americans on the US?

Question

Because it is in books.

Answer 1

Wikipedia thinks so : "Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America, with about 300,000 members." ("Navajo" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo )

"The Navajo Reservation covers about 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometres, 17 million acres) of land, occupying all of northeastern Arizona, and extending into Utah and New Mexico, and is the largest land area assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the United States." ("Navajo Nation" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation )

"As of 2000, the largest tribes in the U.S. by population were Navajo, Cherokee, Choctaw, Sioux, Chippewa, Apache, Lumbee, Blackfeet, Iroquois, and Pueblo."

"Native Americans in the United States : Current status" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States#Current_status

Answer 2

it's the largest in terms of square miles, yes. Even the Hopi nation in the midst of it doesn't detract from how huge the Navajo reservation is. Tony Kellerman wrote a lot about it.

Answer 3

Rank Tribe Population Percent
1 Cherokee 308,132 16.4
2 Navajo 219,198 11.7
3 Chippewa 103,826 5.5
4 Sioux 103,255 5.5
5 Choctaw 82,299 4.4
6 Pueblo 52,939 2.8
7 Apache 50,051 2.7
8 Iroquois 49,038 2.6
9 Lumbee 48,444 2.6
10 Creek 43,550 2,6
11 Blackfoot 32,234 1.7
12 Canadian & Latin Americ. 22.379 1.2
13 Chickasaw 20,631 1.1
14 Potawatomi 16,763 0.9
15 Tohono O' Odham 16,041 0.9
16 Pima 14,431 0.8
17 Tlingit 13,925 0.7
18 Seminole 13,797 0.7
19 Alaskan Athabaskans 13,738 0.7
20 Cheyenne 11,456 0.6
21 Comanche 11,322 0.6
22 Paiute 11,142 0.6
23 Puget Sound Salish 10,246 0.5
24 Yaqui 9,931 0.5
25 Osage 9,527 0.5
26 Kiowa 9,421 0.5
27 Delaware 9,321 0.5
28 Shoshone 9,215 0.5
29 Crow 8,588 0.5
30 Cree 8,290 0.4

http://www.americanwest.com/pages/indrank.htm

Answer 4

Both in tribal membes and square miles of lands.

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

I thought it was the Cherokee?