Navajo (Diné)
Navajo (Diné) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Southwest and Great Basin (North America) from c. 1500 CE to the present, a span of 525 years. Its people spoke North American families languages (Algonquian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Muskogean, Na-Dene, Caddoan, Salishan).
Athabaskan herders and farmers who adopted sheep and weaving from the Spanish and Pueblos. After the Long Walk of 1864 they returned to a reservation that is now the largest in the United States.
See Navajo (Diné) on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1500 CE to the present
- Duration
- 525 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Southwest and Great Basin, North America
- Language family
- North American families
Events in North America during its time
- De Soto and Coronado expeditions
- Jamestown founded
- Champlain founds Quebec
- Pueblo Revolt
- Treaty of Paris ends New France
- Declaration of Independence
- Louisiana Purchase
- Trail of Tears
Neighbours in North America
- United States
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company)
- Comanche empire (Comancheria)
- Dominion of Canada
- British North America
- French Louisiana
- Russian America
- Canada
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Swahili city-states
- Holy Roman Empire
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Mali Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
Questions
When did Navajo (Diné) exist?
c. 1500 CE to the present, about 525 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Navajo (Diné)?
Southwest and Great Basin, in North America.
What language did Navajo (Diné) speak?
North American families. This family includes Algonquian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Muskogean, Na-Dene, Caddoan, Salishan.