Chapter (Navajo Nation)

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 concern their own chapter. Typically, they meet in a Chapter house (Navajo: Áłah nidaʼadleeh dah bighan), where they can also express their opinions to their Navajo Nation Council Delegate, although those opinions are non-binding.[2] As of January 2004, there were a total of 110 such meeting places in existence.[3] Currently there are 24 delegates who represent the 110 chapters. The number of delegates was reduced from 88 in the 2010 election.[4]

  1. ^ "Navajo Nation Chapters Information". Navajo Nation. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Black Mesa (Kits'iili) Chapter Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ www.lapahie.com Archived January 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Begay, Jason (December 17, 2009). "Voters: 'Yes!'". The Navajo Times.