Navajo Nation surpasses Cherokee as largest Native American tribe

Monument Valley is shown in Utah (Rick Bowmer/AP)

The Navajo Nation, which already has by far the largest land mass of any Native American tribe in the US, now has the largest enrolled population, too.

Navajos clamoured to enrol or fix their records as the tribe offered hardship assistance payments from last year’s federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.