The Navajo Nation does not run casinos. Bills for the Navajo tribe to run casinos have come up in the Navajo Nation time and time again but they have always been rejected. I swear voting on casinos seems to be almost a yearly bill. lol

The Navajo Nation is part of the US but not. There are two governmental entities that govern the use and people of the Navajo Nation. However, there is a substantial difference than living outside of it. There are two sets of laws, federal and tribal. One could look at tribal law as similiar to state laws in a sense. The Navajo technically have two presidents--the US president and the Navajo Nation president, Joe Shirley. Shirley acts in a very similiar position as the US president. Instead of working with a congress, he works with a tribal council locally. We live in what is the capital of the Navajo Nation: Window Rock, AZ. The federal government also has power on the reservations in the form of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The courts here are not state or federal courts but are tribal courts.

Here's the Navajo Nations website. You might find it interesting.

www.navajo.org

Stephanie





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