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Huerfano Chapter Home Officials & Staff Chapter Resources Chapter Links Forms Map Programs Veterans Senior Citizen Center Ha Naa’ Dli 4-H Haa Naa’ Dli Youth Center Huerfano Chapter Servicing the Governmental Needs of the Huerfano Chapter Residents.” The Huerfano Chapter area covers approximately 90 square miles in the most Northeastern portion of the Navajo Nation. The Chapter covers the communities of Carson, Otis Bisti, Adobe, Gallegos, Blanco, and Jacquez. It is part of the Eastern Navajo Agency, commonly known as the Checker-Board” area due to the land ownership mixture of privately owned lands, Indian allotted lands, Navajo trust lands, state and BLM lands. Huerfano Chapter has the largest land base in the Eastern Navajo Agency and second only to Bodaway/Gap Chapter (Arizona) among the 110 Navajo Nation Chapters, however not all of the Huerfano land base is Tribal Trust. The population is second to the Crownpoint Chapter in the Eastern Navajo Agency. The Chapter was certified in 1956 and the first chapter office building was established in 1957, thereafter, in 1970 the second chapter office building was constructed, however, destroyed in a fire accident in the late 1980s. Upon lengthy negotiations between the Navajo Government and its insurance carrier, a new chapter house was built in 1990. Other buildings on the Chapter House compound include a Youth Center and Senior Citizen Center. The Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Health Clinic is situated near the Community School, mainly referred to as DZ” because of the difficulty pronouncing the Navajo language. The IHS facility is open to patients on a daily basis. Most of the Navajo Agricultural Product Industry (NAPI) & Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP) operations are situated in the Huerfano Chapter area. NAPI and NIIP operations provide employment for Huerfano community members. The Big-Farm,” as it is referred to in the Navajo language is still growing and all together, eleven blocks of 10,000 acres are planned. Seven blocks have been completed under the federal NIIP. At full operation NIIP will cover 110,000 acres and NAPI is expected to generate more than 3,000+ jobs. The Huerfano Chapter is approximately 90 square miles in the northeastern portion of the Navajo Nation/Eastern Navajo Agency. The Chapter covers the communities of Carson, Otis, Bisti, Adobe, Gallegos, Blanco, Huerfano and Jacquez. With the largest land base in the Navajo Eastern Agency, Huerfano sits on an area known as the Checkerboard region, it is a mixture of land ownerships which include: Navajo Trust , Allotted, State and Bureau of Land Management. Chapter Officials Irene L. Harvey , Chapter President Lucinda Kitseallyboy , Chapter Vice-President Lois Y. Werito , Chapter Secretary/Treasurer Danny Simpson , Council Delegate Land Board Veronica D. Tso , Land Board Saraphine Woody, Land Board Chapter Staff VACANT , Community Services Coordinator Chiffon Harrison , Accounts Maintenance Specialist Phone 505-960-1400 fax 505-960-3044 Address P.O. Box 968 Bloomfield, NM 87413 Email huerfano@navajochapters.org Follow © Navajo Nation Division of Community...