Children Education Poster Navaho Indian Mildred Lyon

Original vintage educational poster for children featuring an illustrative collage style panel by the American artist Mildred Lyon Hetherington (1892-1984) depicting a family of Navaho Indian hand crafting rugs and shepherding sheeps in their camp set at the foot of mountains. American Indian picture posters in panel form to build up published by the Beckley-Cardy Company. Good condition, folded as issued, pinholes in corners, small tears and paper losses in margins. County: USA, year of printing:1935, designer: Mildred Lyon Hetherington, size (cm): 30.5x91.5 (Horizontal). The Navajo Nation is a Native American territory covering about 17,544,500 acres (71,000 km2; 27,413 sq mi), occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico in the United States. This is the largest land area retained by a Native American tribe, with a population of roughly 350,000 as of 2016. By area, the Navajo Nation is larger than West Virginia, Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Delaware. The original territory has been expanded several times since the 1800s. In 2016, under the Tribal Nations Buy-Back Program, some 149,524 acres (605.10 km2; 233.63 sq mi) of land were returned by the Department of Interior to the Navajo Nation for tribal communal use. The program is intended to help restore the land bases of reservations. The Navajo Nation has an elected government that includes an executive office, a legislative house, and a judicial system, but the United States federal government continues to assert plenary power over all decisions. The executive system manages a large law enforcement and social services apparatus, health services, Diné College, and other local educational trusts. The population continues to disproportionately struggle with health problems, unemployment, and the effects of past uranium mining incidents.