Navajo Rangers
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Agency overview | |
Formed | 1957 |
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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Governing body | Division of Natural Resources (Navajo Nation) |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Window Rock, Arizona |
Sworn members | 26 (2007) |
Agency executive | Leonard Butler[1] (2012), Chief Ranger |
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The Navajo Rangers (formed 1957[2]) are an organization of the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States, which maintain and protect the tribal nation's public works and natural resources.[3] The Rangers form a part of the Navajo Nation Department of Resource Enforcement (within the Division of Natural Resources), and as of 2007 consisted of 26 officers divided into three districts.[4] The Rangers also serve as a park service, protecting natural and historical sites and assisting travelers.[5]
The organization was founded by Richard Fowler Van Valkenburgh.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Associated Press. (August 4, 2012). "Drought on Navajo Nation hits wild horses". ABC 15 (Arizona).
- ^ Navajo Nation - Natural Resource Law Enforcement -Navajo Rangers at USAcops.com
- ^ James F. Downs (February 1984). The Navajo. Waveland Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-88133-037-3. Retrieved 11 August 2011. - Navajo rangers build roads, dams, and other tribal works and operate a separate park service and tribal highway and works departments
- ^ Graeme R. Newman, General Editor (ed.). Crime and Punishment Around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-313-35133-4. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ Standard Oil Company; Exxon Corporation (1957). The Lamp. Exxon Corp. p. 192. Retrieved 11 August 2011. - Navajo Rangers, riding in pick-up trucks and jeeps, are on constant patrol. Their job is to protect the natural beauties and the archeological sites of the Navajo homeland, and to assist travelers...
- ^ Richard Fowler Van Valkenburgh: Friend of the Navajo People, The National Association of the Van Valkenburg Family
External links[edit]
- Division of Natural Resources, Navajo Nation
- Navajo Nation - Natural Resource Law Enforcement -Navajo Rangers at USAcops.com
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