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"Most hopeful of all: while the number of Navajo speakers may be going down, the number of tribe members is increasing, rising from 300,000 in 2020 to over 390,
by loufe 2y ago
"Most hopeful of all: while the number of Navajo speakers may be going down, the number of tribe members is increasing, rising from 300,000 in 2020 to over 390,000 in 2021"
I'm sure they meant 2000...
- ViktorRay 2y agoNo you are the one who is incorrect in this situation. The article references a nytimes article for this data. There was a surge in enrollment in the tribe during the pandemic due to the way aid benefits were set up. (Of course to officially enroll in a tribe you have to prove you are a member of that tribe)