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Torreon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 297 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Torreon is a small community that is home to many Navajo families. Torreon is split by the Sandoval and McKinley county line.
Torreon was resettled in the Spring of 1841 by Nino Antonio Montoya and twenty-six other farmers under a grant from the Prefect of the Central District of New Mexico. [2] The Torreon Grant was named after the defensive towers [3] built at Manzano 6.6 miles to the south, and consisted of an area approximately three miles east–west by six miles ...
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Her maternal grandfather is Kinłichii'nii (Red House clan), and her paternal grandfather is Táchii'nii (Red Running into Water clan). [ 4 ] She served as the president of the Torreon/Star Lake Chapter and is a member of the Na’ Neelzhiin Ji Olta’ Inc. board. [ 5 ]
Chapter officials operating out of a Chapter House register voters who may then vote to elect Delegates for the Navajo Nation Council or the President of the Navajo Nation. The following table contains chapter names, chapter names in Navajo, a rough literal English translation, population, and land area estimates.
Aneth Chapter House Tuba City Chapter House. 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 ...
Jan. 16—Victoria Barkley is excited about her future. As a young Black woman, perhaps that alone is symbolic of the nation's progress since Martin Luther King Jr. first shared his dream. Barkley ...
The chapter house from the 1750s in the old town of Porvoo, Finland. When part of a monastery, the chapter house is generally located on the eastern wing of the cloister, which is next to the church. Since many cathedrals in England were originally monastic foundations, this is a common arrangement there also.