The Navajo have a tribal council that was formed in 1922 when oil was discovered on the Navajo reservation. The Standard Oil Company of California wanted oil rights, but the United States government could not lease the Navajo land without Navajo consent. Until that time, there was no central Navajo government, instead there were many different local headmen spread across the large reservation. The United States government called a meeting of the headmen to discuss the leasing of the land, but they a

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