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Eric Henson, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and a research fellow with the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, said the Navajo Nation’s growing enrollment stood in sharp contrast to federal policies during the 20th century that were “literally an attempt to get rid of all the tribes.”

Mr. Henson said of the surging Diné numbers, “This is a really obvious way of saying, ‘Hey, we’re still here.’”

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