Its activities include traditional museum exhibits, a research library, and programs that help to revive and preserve the Navajo language.

It is in the approximate center of a 27,000-square-mile (70,000 km2) Navajo reservation, about 500 yards (0.46 km) west of Arizona's border with New Mexico.

[4] The museum collects items that help to document the culture and history of the Navajo people, including selected materials from tribal and non-Indian neighbors.

A comprehensive, large-scale, long-term exhibition on Navajo culture and history is currently being researched and scripted.

[5] Current exhibits include an interpretive video and photographs, artwork, jewelry, and textiles relating to the history and culture of the Navajo people.

Medicine men who share traditional Navajo teachings often end each pronouncement by saying "jó jiní" ("that's what I heard" or "it was said").

A second copy later surfaced at the home of Samuel F. Tappan, a member of the Indian Peace Commission who had helped to draft the treaty.

They worked with LucasFilm to create a Navajo-dubbed version of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope; the project was completed in 2013.