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.
| 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
edit- ^ Nahodishgish Chapter was originally known as "Dalton's Pass" but was reverted to its Navajo name.
References
edit- ^ "Navajo Nation Chapters by Districts" (PDF). Navajo Nation Election Administration. Retrieved 2019-01-24.