The Navajo Nation lives in their cultural homeland, but that does not mean that their history has been easy. They engaged in raiding against other Indians before Europeans arrived. They fought scorched earth campaigns against the Spanish. Then they fought raiding wars with the Mexicans and finally they fought our American army. We finally defeated them during the Civil War and they’ve not fought another war since. Even against the Shang they maintained official neutrality, though thousands of their young men and women volunteered to serve the American militaries. I like their people but do not understand their council members.