The Navajo Nation is the largest Native American tribe in the United States, according to updated enrollment numbers.
With nearly 400,000 members, the tribe surpassed the number of those enrolled in the Cherokee Nation, which stands at 392,000, according to the Associated Press.
An official in the Navajo Nation’s vital records office confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the tribe’s number of members is 399,494. Deaths and new enrollments account for such changes in membership, the official said.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the Cherokee Nation to confirm its enrollment number but did not immediately receive a response.
Enrollment-based funding allocations are reportedly at least partly responsible for the Navajo reaching its status.
Having the highest enrollment number means that the Navajo Nation will receive the largest share of the enrollment-based coronavirus aid funding from the federal government, according to the Associated Press.
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A public notice published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Feb. 1, 2019, listed 574 federally recognized Indian tribal entities, and each varies in its enrollment criteria.
