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Henry Chee Dodge (1860–1947), also known in Navajo by his nicknames (~ "Mister Interpreter") and ("Red Boy"), was chairman of the Navajo Business Council from 1922 until 1928, and chairman of the then Navajo Tribal Council from 1942 until 1946. Thereafter, he became the first and only Navajo politician elected vice-president who died before being able to take office.〔''Navajo Nation Government. Fourth Edition.'' Office of Navajo Nation Development. /Window Rock, AZ: 1998. p.13.〕 He was the father of Thomas Dodge,〔Lock, Raymond F. ''The Book of the Navajo. 6th Edition.'' Mankind Publishing. Los Angeles: 2001.〕 who served as Tribal Council chairman from 1932 until 1936,〔 and activist Annie Dodge Wauneka. ==Biography== Dodge was born around 1860 near (Fort Defiance) into the clan; his father was (Juan Anaya) of Mexican ancestry, Juan Anaya had been captured by the Navajos on one of their many raids and had been raised by them.〔' (obituary), ''Ádahooníłígíí.'' February 1, 1947. Vol.2 No.4.〕 There is speculation that he was born three years earlier and was the son of the US Indian Agent Henry L. Dodge at the Navajo Agency. The senior Dodge was known in Navajo as .〔 During the Long Walk of 1864, Dodge got separated from his mother, and was taken in as an orphan by a family who found him wandering around.〔 He was raised by his aunt.〔 As his step-uncle was Anglo-American, the young Chee quickly became fluent in English. Chee Dodge eventually replaced Jesus Arviso as the official Navajo interpreter to the U.S. military.〔 In 1883, Dodge was hired as head of the Navajo Tribal Police. A year later, he was appointed "Head Chief of the Navajo" by the Bureau of Indian Affairs〔Wilkins, David E. ''The Navajo Political Experience.'' Diné College Press. /Tsaile, AZ: 1999.〕 — a position and title that had no basis in traditional Navajo concepts of governance. He was presented to the people as "". Appointed as the first chairman of the Navajo Business Council in 1922, Dodge managed to secure over one million dollars in royalties for the Navajo Nation related to mineral rights on their lands. He gave in to demands to give oil-drilling rights to Anglo-companies. Most Navajo were unaware of the council's functions. Critics said that it was simply to rubber-stamp the decisions of the local Indian commissioner of the Burea of Indian Affairs.〔 Under the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, Dodge and many other members of federally recognized tribes were granted United States citizenship. Prior to that, members of tribes on sovereign reservations were not considered citizens. In 1942, Dodge was elected as chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council and served until 1946. During his tenure, he lobbied for improved education opportunities for Navajo children, and traveled to Washington to convince the Federal Government to secure more funding.〔Iverson, Peter. ''"For our Navajo people": Diné letters, speeches & petitions, 1900-1960.'' University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 2002.〕 In the subsequent election of 1946, Dodge was chosen as vice-chairman. He died in January 1947 at the age of 86〔 or 87〔 before the sixth Tribal Council convened and he could take office. Zhealy Tso was appointed Vice-Chairman in his stead.〔 Dodge was buried near his home in Fort Defiance.〔' Ádahooníłígíí. February 1, 1947. Vol.2 No.4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chee Dodge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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