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List of Navajo Nation Chapters

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This is a list of Chapters of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation is divided up geographically into Chapters which are similar in function to municipalities. Chapters are subdivisions of Agencies which are similar in function to counties. 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.

Navajo Nation Chapters[1][2][3]
District Chapter name Chapter name
(Navajo)
Chapter name
(English literal translation)
Agency Population
(2010 Census)
Land area
(acres)
1 Coppermine Béésh Haagééd "Digging out Metal" Tuba City / Western 590 240,000
1 LeChee Łichíiʼii (name of extinct burgundy-colored medicinal plant) Tuba City / Western 1,443 293,000
1 Tonalea Tó Nehelį́į́h "Water Collecting in a basin" Tuba City / Western 2,595 153,000
1 Kaibeto Kʼaiʼbiiʼtó "Willows within the Water" Tuba City / Western 1,963 234,795
2 Shonto Shą́ą́ʼtóhí "Water on the Sunny Side" Tuba City / Western 2,124 425,000
2 Naatsis’áán (Navajo Mountain) Naatsis’áán "Earth Head" Tuba City / Western 354 389,000
2 Ts’ah bii’ Kin (Inscription House) Tsʼah Biiʼ Kin "House in the field of Sagebrush" Tuba City / Western 1,252 (Disputed with Lechee, Naatsis’áán)
3 Bodaway/Gap Tsinaabąąs Habitiin "Wagon Trail" Tuba City / Western 1,704 590,000
3 Cameron Naʼníʼá Hayázhí/Naʼníʼá Hasáanii "Old Bridge" Tuba City / Western 1,122 239,000
3 Tó Naneesdizí (Tuba City) Tó Naneesdizí "Tangled Water", "Scattered Water", "Braided Water" Tuba City / Western 9,265 238,000
3 Coalmine Canyon Łeejin Haagééd "Digging out coal" Tuba City / Western 691 402,357
4 Hard Rock Tsé Dildǫ́ʼí Chinle 1,161 78,100
4 Blue Gap/Tachee Bis Dootłʼizh Ńdeeshgiizh/Táchii’ "Blue Clay Gap"/"Red Water" Chinle 1,178 116,000
4 Forest Lake Tsinyiʼ Beʼekʼid "Pond between the trees" Chinle 471 125,000
4 Black Mesa Kitsʼiilí "Shattered House" Chinle 428 157,000
4 Pinon Beʼekʼid Baa Ahoodzání "Body of Water in a Sunken Area" Chinle 2,751 107,250
4 Whippoorwill Springs Hoshdódii Tó "Whippoorwill Spring" Chinle 1,489 32,605
5 Tolani Lake Tó Nehelį́į́h "Water Collecting in a Basin" Tuba City / Western 647 157,000
5 Tsídii Tó (Bird Springs) Tsídii Toʼí "Bird Springs" Tuba City / Western 532 194,587
5 Leupp Tółchí’íkooh/Tsiizizii/Tooh Tuba City / Western 951 303,746
7 Low Mountain Jeeh Deezʼá/Tʼáá Sahdii Dah Azkání "Piñon Gum Point" Fort Defiance 757 41,382
7 Jeddito Jádító "Antelope Springs" Fort Defiance 1,200 100,342
7 Teesto Tʼiis Tó/Ha’naa N’deetiin/Naaʼnideetiin Fort Defiance 930 98,145
7 Dilkon Tó Áłch’į́į́dí "Smooth Butte" Fort Defiance 1,411 244,283
7 Indian Wells Tó Hahadleeh "Dripping Water" Fort Defiance 1,287 227,500
7 White Cone Beʼekʼid Baaʼoogeedí "excavated for a pond" Fort Defiance 1,284 20,000
8 Oljato Ooljéé’ Tó "To Moonwater" Tuba City / Western 2,455 429,000
8 Dennehotso Deinihootso "Meadows Merging" Tuba City / Western 746 292,000
8 Kayenta Tó Dínéeshzheeʼ "Fingers of Water" Tuba City / Western 5,189 504,811
8 Chilchinbeto Chiiłchin Bii’ Tó "Sumac Spring" Tuba City / Western 1,165 243,000
9 Teec Nos Pos Tʼiis Názbąs "Cottonwood Trees in a Circle" Shiprock 1,301 233,000
9 Rock Point Tsé Nitsaa Deezʼáhí "Big Rock Point" Shiprock 642 138,758
9 Red Mesa Tsé Łichííʼ Dah Azkání "Red Rock Mesa" Shiprock 1,222 267,000
9 Mexican Water Naakaii Tó Shiprock 976 160,000
9 Tó Łikan (Sweetwater) Tółikan "Sweet Water" Shiprock 1,535 152,000
10 Many Farms Dáʼákʼeh Halání "Many Fields" Chinle 2,738 168,000
10 Rough Rock Tséchʼízhí "Rough Rock" Chinle 947 53,000
10 Chinle Ch’ínílį́ "It flows out horizontally" Chinle 8,005 155,000
10 Tselani/Cottonwood Tsé Łání "Many Rocks" Chinle 1,425 252,518
10 Nazlini Názlíní "bend in the river" Chinle 489 217,000
11 Lukachukai Lókʼaʼchʼégai/Lókʼaʼjígai "White Reeds Extending Out" Chinle 2,154 97,000
11 Round Rock Tsé Nikání "Round Rock" Chinle 1,566 201,000
11 Tsaile/Wheatfields/Blackrock Tsééhílį́/Tódzísʼá/Tsézhiní "Flowing through rock"/"Wheatfields"/"Blackrock" Chinle 2,250 162,000
12 Aneth Tʼáá Bííchʼį́įdii "Just like the Devil" Shiprock 1,989 184,000
12 Beclabito Bitłʼááh Bitoʼ "Water Underneath" Shiprock 749 87,000
12 Gadii'ahi/To'Koi (Cudeii) Gad Ííʼáhí/Tókǫʼí "Juniper Tree Sticking in the Ground"/"Fire Water" Shiprock 550 44,000
12 Shiprock Naatʼáanii Nééz/Tsé Bit’a’í "Rock with Wings" Shiprock 9,126 125,000
12 Hogback Tsétaakʼáán "Rock Uplift" Shiprock 1,215 60,363
12 Red Valley Tsé Łichíí’ Dah Azkání "Red Rock Mesa" Shiprock 1,417 221,000
12 Cove Kʼaabizhiistłʼah "nestled in a cove" Shiprock 430 44,000
12 Tsé Ałnáozt’i’í (Sanostee) Tséʼałnáoztʼiʼí Shiprock 1,795 314,000
12 Toadlena/Two Grey Hills Tó Háálį́/Bis Dah Łitso "Where the Water Flows Out"/"two grey hills" Shiprock 1,157 85,000
12 Newcomb Bis Deezʼáhí/Tʼiis Ndeeshgiizh "Cottonwoods Spreading out from the wash" Shiprock 339 57,000
12 Sheep Springs Tó Haltsooí "Yellow Springs" Shiprock 245 108,563
13 Upper Fruitland Doo Alkʼahii "Nonfattening" Shiprock 2,751 83,400
13 T’iis Tsoh Sikaad (Burnham) Tʼiistsoh Sikaad "Big Tree Spreading Out" Shiprock 280 185,807
13 Nenahnezad Niinahnízaad "a long incline" Shiprock 688 17,000
13 San Juan Tsétsį́į́ Nániitłʼiní N/A Shiprock 1,500 (est.) shared with Nenahnezad
14 Naschitti Nahashchʼidí "Badger" Fort Defiance 301 188,000
14 Tohatchi Tó Haachʼiʼ "One Who Digs for Water" Fort Defiance 1,450 131,000
14 Coyote Canyon Maʼii Tééh Yitłizhí "Coyote fell in the watering hole" Fort Defiance 1,451 125,996
14 Báhástł’ah (Twin Lakes) Tsénáhádzoh/Bááhaztłʼah "Canyon Cove" Fort Defiance 2,212 69,000
14 Mexican Springs (Nakaibito) Naakaii Bitoʼ Fort Defiance 1,418 115,000
15 Becenti Jádí Haditʼįįh/Tłʼóoʼditsin "Antelope Lookout"/"Trees outside" Crownpoint / Eastern 403 194,000
15 Crownpoint Tʼiistsʼóóz Ńdeeshgizh "Skinny Tree Canyon" Crownpoint / Eastern 2,729 67,000
15 Nahodishgish[Note 1] Náhodeeshgiizh "The Gap" Crownpoint / Eastern 408 64,000
15 Torreon / Star Lake Yaʼniilzhiin/Naʼneelzhiin "Dark-colored barrier" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,612 119,000
15 Pueblo Pintado Náhodeeshgiizh Chʼínílíní "Flowing out from the Gap" Crownpoint / Eastern 419 190,000
15 White Horse Lake Tó Hweełhíní/Łį́į́łgaii Beʼekʼid Crownpoint / Eastern 406 312,000
15 Lake Valley Beʼekʼid Halgaii Crownpoint / Eastern 306 84,000
15 White Rock Tséłgaii "White Rock" Crownpoint / Eastern 76 110,000
15 Tsé Íí’áhí (Standing Rock) Tsé Ííʼáhí "Standing Rock" Crownpoint / Eastern 641 74,104
15 Littlewater Tó Áłtsʼíísí Crownpoint / Eastern 427 64,962
15 Casamero Lake Tsétaʼ Tóakʼoolí "Water waves among the rock" Crownpoint / Eastern 518 64,000
16 Thoreau Dlǫ́ʼí Yázhí "Little Prairie Dog" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,433 31,000
16 Chichiltah Chéchʼiltah/Chéchʼilłání "Among the Oaks" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,443 133,000
16 Baca/Prewitt Kin Łigaaí "White House" Crownpoint / Eastern 789 127,000
16 Mariano Lake Beʼekʼid Hóteelí Crownpoint / Eastern 823 67,000
16 Smith Lake Tsin Názbąs Siʼą́ "Round Tree" Crownpoint / Eastern 951 38,000
16 Church Rock Kinłitsosinil "Group of Yellow Houses" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,983 58,000
16 Bááh Háálį́ (Breadsprings) Bááh Háálį́ "Bread Springs", "Bread Flowing Out" Crownpoint / Eastern 908 49,273
16 Tsé Łichíí’ (Red Rock) Tsé Łichííʼ "Red Rock" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,866 42,365
16 Rock Springs Tséch’ízhí "Rough Rock" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,086 27,000
16 Manuelito Kin Hózhóní "Beautiful House" Crownpoint / Eastern 264 57,000
16 Tsayatoh Tséyaa Tó "Water Under the Rock" Crownpoint / Eastern 658 80,000
16 Pinedale Tó Bééhwiisgání "Hardened Mud around the Water" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,109 41,000
16 Iyanbito Ayání Bitoʼ "Buffalo Springs" Crownpoint / Eastern 890 29,000
17 Klagetoh Łeeyiʼtó "Water under the Ground" Fort Defiance 909 152,000
17 Wide Ruins Kinteel "Wide House" Fort Defiance 1,095 149,000
17 Kinlichee Kin Dah Łichííʼ "Red House" Fort Defiance 1,610 234,342
17 Ganado Lókʼaahnteel "Wide Reeds" Fort Defiance 1,210 91,535
17 Cornfields Kʼiiłtsoiitah "rabbit brush" Fort Defiance 911 44,000
17 Greasewood Springs Díwózhii Biiʼ Tó "Greasewood Springs" Fort Defiance 1,320 314,006
17 Steamboat Tóyééʼ/Hóyéé’ Fort Defiance 1,226 201,000
18 Crystal Tó Niłtsʼílí "Crystal-Clear Water" Fort Defiance 311 91,000
18 Red Lake Beʼekʼid Halchííʼ Fort Defiance 2,028 44,000
18 Sawmill Niʼiijííh Hasání Fort Defiance 1,054 77,000
18 St. Michaels Tsʼíhootso/Ch’íhootso "Green Meadow" Fort Defiance 5,643 76,000
18 Fort Defiance Tséhootsooí Fort Defiance 3,624 102,159
18 Houck Maʼiitoʼí "Coyote Spring" Fort Defiance 1,024 94,080
18 Nahata Dziil (New Lands) Nahatʼá Dziil "Strength through Planning" Fort Defiance 1,652 352,000
18 Oak Springs/Pine Springs Teeł Chʼínítʼiʼ "Cattails in a Row" Fort Defiance 533 77,000
18 Tsé Si’ání (Lupton) Tsé Siʼání "Sitting Rock", "Unmoveable Rock" Fort Defiance 902 80,139
19 Huerfano Hanáádlį́ "Water Coming Up" Crownpoint / Eastern 3,000 548,328
19 Naageezi Naayízí "Squash" Crownpoint / Eastern 286 223,000
19 Ojo Encino Chéchʼiizh Biiʼ Tó/Tséchʼízhí Bitoʼ Crownpoint / Eastern 688 79,000
19 Counselor Bilagáana Nééz Crownpoint / Eastern 870 71,000
21 Tohajiileeh/Canyoncito Tó Hajiileehé "Where they pull the water up and it keeps refilling itself" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,591 76,000
22 Alamo Tʼiistsoh/Tʼiistsoh Sikaad "Big Cottonwood Tree" Crownpoint / Eastern 2,006 65,000
23 Ramah Tłʼohchiní "Onions" Crownpoint / Eastern 1,400 (2013 census) 168,000

Notes

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  1. ^ Nahodishgish Chapter was originally known as "Dalton's Pass" but was reverted to its Navajo name.

References

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  1. ^ "Navajo Nation Chapters by Districts" (PDF). Navajo Nation Election Administration. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  2. ^ Yurth, Cindy; et al. (The Navajo Times) (2017). LaFrenda, Frank (ed.). Exploring the Navajo Nation Chapter by Chapter : Alamo-Naschitti. Flagstaff, Arizona: Salina Bookshelf, Inc. ISBN 978-1-893354-83-8. OCLC 975490937.
  3. ^ Yurth, Cindy; et al. (The Navajo Times) (2017). LaFrenda, Frank (ed.). Exploring the Navajo Nation Chapter by Chapter : Nazlini-Wide Ruins. Flagstaff, Arizona: Salina Bookshelf, Inc. ISBN 978-1-893354-84-5. OCLC 975490853.

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