#Henry Chee Dodge

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Navajo artist Gerald Nailor paints Henry Chee Dodge, chairman of the Navajo Business Council and then the Navajo Tribal Council, into a mural in the Navajo Tribal Council House, on July 22, 1943. 

Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Series: Photographs of Navajo Life in the Southwestern Region of the United States

File Unit: Arts and Crafts

Image description: Gerald Nailor smiles as he stands on scaffolding in front of a large mural. He is painting the face of Henry Chee Dodge, using a photograph tacked on the wall for reference. In the foreground are a bucket, jars, and paintbrushes. 

Image description: Zoomed-in portion of the image showing Gerald Nailor from the waist up, and more detail on the face of Henry Chee Dodge. 

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Portrait of Henry Chee Dodge, a Navajo man of mixed ancestry who served as an interpreter for the US Army Photographer: Ben Wittick Date: 1880 - 1890? Negative Number 015950 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chee_Dodge

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(via vintagephoto: 1884. Henry Chee Dodge, Navajo Chief)

Born in 1860 to the daughter of the Navajo Nabahi and Mexican interpreter at Ft. Defiance, Chee became orphaned in 1864. The Fort´s officers named him after Capt. Henry L. Dodge.  In 1884, he succeeded Manuelito as Head Chief of the Navajo Nation and later the first leader of the Navajo Tribal Council. (Photo:Wittick, 1884).

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"Chee, Navajo interpreter, Fort Defiance", stereoview portrait of Henry Chee Dodge Photographer: Henry T. Hiester Date: circa 1878? Negative Number 045313

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