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The Navajo Nation Presidency, in its current form, was created on December 15, 1989, after directives from the federal government guided the Tribal Council to establish the current judicial, legislative, and executive model. This was a departure from the system of "Council and Chairmanship" from the previous government body.
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Jonathan Nez, former president of the Navajo Nation. He served three terms as Navajo Council delegate representing the chapters of Shonto, Oljato, Tsah Bi Kin and Navajo Mountain. Served two terms as Navajo County Board of Supervisors for District 1. Buu Nygren, current president of the Navajo Nation. Ben Shelly, former president of the Navajo ...
The Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the U.S. Government.It is responsible for assisting Hopi and Navajo Indians impacted by the relocation that Congress mandated in the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 [1] for the members of the Hopi and Navajo tribes who were living on each other's land.
The "Memorandum of a treaty entered into between Colonel A. W. Doniphan, commanding the United States' forces in the Navajo country, and the chiefs of the Navajo Nation of Indians", declared in Article I: "A firm and lasting peace and amity shall henceforth exist between the American people and the Navajo tribe of Indians" [4]: 211 Article 2 ...
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Navajo Arts and Crafts. Ruth Roessel. Pages 592-604. Navajo Music. David P. McAllester & Douglas F. Mitchell. Pages 605-623. Development of Navajo Tribal Government. Mary Shepardson. Pages 624-635. The Emerging Navajo Nation. Peter Iverson. Pages 636-640. Navajo Economic Development. David F. Aberle. Pages 641-658. Navajo Education. Gloria J ...
A chapter is the most local form of government on the Navajo Nation. The Nation is broken into five agencies. Each agency contains chapters; currently there are 110 local chapters, each with their own chapter house. [1] Chapters are semi-self autonomous, being able to decide most matters which concern their own chapter.