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Dilkon (Navajo: Tsézhin Dilkǫǫh) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,184 at the 2010 census . The name of the town is said to be derived from the Navajo phrase "Smooth black rock" or "Bare surface.” [ 3 ]
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.
Name in English Name in Navajo County Population [1]; Alamo: Tʼiistoh Socorro, NM: 1,150 Aneth: Tʼáá Bííchʼį́įdii San Juan, UT: 598 Beclabito: Bitłʼááh Bitoʼ
The project is intended not only as a shift to renewable energy but to increase access for tribal members; an estimated 16,000 homes are without access to electricity. [135] The wind project has foundered because of a "long feud between Cameron [Chapter] and Window Rock [central government] over which company to back". [136] Both companies ...
Originally called CARE, the group was founded in 1988 to prevent the construction of a hazardous waste incinerator in the community of Dilkon on the Navajo Nation. [2] [3] CARE's activism also led to the creation of the annual Protecting Mother Earth conferences. The first was held in Dilkon in 1990, funded by Greenpeace and
The Navajo Nation Police are responsible for seven districts: Chinle, Crownpoint, Dilkon, Kayenta, Shiprock, Tuba City, and Window Rock. There are also several substations in each district ranging from one-man substations or up to five officers each.
The Navajo Transit System (NTS) is a public transportation system that serves and operates on the Navajo Nation.The system currently operates 17 routes throughout the Navajo Nation and within Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. [1]
The Navajo name of Jádító (Antelope Water) was derived from nearby watering points, which were frequently used by antelopes. Most families living within the Jeddito "island" are members of the extended families who were forcefully evicted from the old Hopi Reservation (District 6) in September and October 1944.