The Navajo Nation failed to reach a settlement with retailer Urban Outfitters over the sale of "Navajo" items.

The tribe asked Urban Outfitters in June 2011 to stop selling items labeled "Navajo" or "Navaho." But the company didn't change the names of the products on its website until Native bloggers publicized the issue later that year.

The tribe, however, says Urban Outfitters continued to offer the same items at physical locations. That led to the filing of a lawsuit in federal court in February 2012.

The parties entered mediation in May. But talks failed to resolve the lawsuit so a trial in federal court is possible in 2015.

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