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== History == | == History == | ||
The original Navajo Agency was established in 1852 for the Navajo Indians in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. This agency was located at present-day Fort Defiance, Arizona. Originally it was considered by the Office of Indian Affairs to be a New Mexico agency<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, p. 111.</ref> because Arizona was part of New Mexico Territory until February 1863. | The original Navajo Agency was established in 1852 for the Navajo Indians in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. This agency was located at present-day Fort Defiance, Arizona. Originally it was considered by the Office of Indian Affairs to be a New Mexico agency<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches''. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974, p. 111.</ref> (because Arizona was part of New Mexico Territory until February 1863). | ||
After 1901, this agency was gradually divided into several independent agencies (known variously as Eastern Navajo Agency, [[Northern Navajo Indian Agency (Arizona)|Northern Navajo Agency]], [[Western Navajo Indian Agency (Arizona)|Western Navajo Agency]], [[Chinle Indian Agency (Arizona)|Chinle Agency]], San Juan Agency, [[Shiprock Indian Agency (New Mexico)|Shiprock Agency]], etc.). A Navajo Agency continued to exist at Fort Defiance, Arizona and was sometimes called the [[Fort Defiance Indian Agency|Fort Defiance Agency]]. For a short time in the mid-1900s, it also was called the [[Southern Navajo Indian Agency (Arizona)|Southern Navajo Agency]]. In 1935, all of the independent Navajo agencies were consolidated into one agency called the Navajo Service, with headquarters in Window Rock, Arizona. | After 1901, this agency was gradually divided into several independent agencies (known variously as Eastern Navajo Agency, [[Northern Navajo Indian Agency (Arizona)|Northern Navajo Agency]], [[Western Navajo Indian Agency (Arizona)|Western Navajo Agency]], [[Chinle Indian Agency (Arizona)|Chinle Agency]], San Juan Agency, [[Shiprock Indian Agency (New Mexico)|Shiprock Agency]], etc.). A Navajo Agency continued to exist at Fort Defiance, Arizona and was sometimes called the [[Fort Defiance Indian Agency|Fort Defiance Agency]]. For a short time in the mid-1900s, it also was called the [[Southern Navajo Indian Agency (Arizona)|Southern Navajo Agency]]. In 1935, all of the independent Navajo agencies were consolidated into one agency called the Navajo Service, with headquarters in Window Rock, Arizona. | ||