Henry Chee Dodge
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- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Government and Politics, Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
Article abstract: Henry Chee Dodge played a central role as an interpreter, businessman, and tribal chairman in more than half a century of dealings between the U.S. government and the Navajos.
Henry Chee Dodge's father was a captured Mexican who was killed in the conflict between the Navajos and New Mexicans shortly after Henry's birth. His mother was Jemez (Pueblo) and Navajo, and since Navajos trace family lineage through the mother, he was considered a member of the Navajo Maii’deshgizhnii (Coyote Pass People) Clan. His family hid during the Navajo Wars,...
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