PeopleGroups Initiative

People Group Profiles

“All nations will come and worship before you."

- Revelations 15:4

Navaho of United States

People Group Info

Total Population: 304,122

ROP3 Code: 107125
IMB Affinity Group: American Peoples
Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Language: Navajo - (nav)
Religion: Ethnic Religions
Country of Origin: United States

Photo courtesy of Joshua Project.
By Galen Frysinger

Majority Located Where

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ - 25,600

Albuquerque, NM - 14,700

Salt Lake City, UT - 3,800

Tucson, AZ - 2,800

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV - 1,700

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Brief Profile

The Navaho, also known as the Diné and traditionally spelled Navajo, are a Native American people predominantly located in northeast Arizona on the Navajo Nation. The Navaho Nation surrounds the Tewa and the Hopi, Hopitu-Shinumu who reside in 12 villages on the Hopi Reservation.

The Navajo Nation covers 27,425 square miles in northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico making it the largest land area retained by a United States Native American people. It also has the largest Native American government.

They are the second largest Native American people group in the United States, the largest being the Cherokee. Over 75% of all Navaho reside in Arizona and New Mexico.

Most Navaho adhere to traditional Navaho beliefs, Roman Catholicism, and Mormonism.

For more information, see Navajo People - The Diné, Wikipedia's Navajo and Discover Navaho.

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Prayer Points

Pray for Navaho to come to a saving knowledge of the true Creator and to find their identity and their place in Christ.
Pray for boldness among Navaho believers as they witness and give testimony of how Christ has changed their lives.
Pray for Christians as they share Christ and plant churches among the Navaho people.

People Group Resources

4 Directions in Navajo
The Four Spiritual Laws in Navajo.

Native Americans - Worldview and Trends
Learn about Native Americans, their Worldview and Trends.

People Group - Navajo Bible Story Set
Developed by J. O. Terry for Navajo, a Native Amerindian group in Southwest USA.

Learning Resources

Learn more about "Learning Paths"
Online Courses for embracing, encountering and engaging diaspora people. Work at your own pace. Begin anytime and complete the course according to your schedule. Interactive, Hands-On Application.

Learn more about "Reaching the Nations"
This book delineates five disciplines Christians should develop in order to effectively reach the nations. More specifically, it will guide Christians to develop an engagement strategy in their locale.

World Religions - Beliefs Overview
An overview of major world religions and cults - their beliefs and practices.

Other Resources

Prayer Guide for Unreached Peoples
A 30 day guide to pray for unreached people groups.

Online Talking Bible - Navajo
The purpose of Talking Bibles is to give non-readers and the blind access to the Bible in their native language.

Prayer Guide using the GOSPELS acronym
A prayer guide that utilizes the acronym GOSPELS to pray for workers among diaspora.

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Country	City	Metro Area Name	State / Prov.	Baseline Population

United States	Albuquerque	Albuquerque	NM	14,700
United States	Port Arthur	Beaumont-Port Arthur	TX	78
United States	Plano	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington	TX	200
United States	Denver	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood	CO	890
United States	Las Vegas	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise	NV	1,700
United States	Odessa	Odessa	TX	78
United States	Ogden	Ogden-Clearfield	UT	450
United States	Phoenix	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale	AZ	25,600
United States	Portland	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro	OR	290
United States	Provo	Provo-Orem	UT	380
United States	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	UT	3,800
United States	Tucson	Tucson	AZ	2,800