In office 1922 – 1928 (no vice-chairman appointed)
Succeeded by
Deshna Chischillige
6th Chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council
In office 1942 – 1946 Vice-Chairman: Sam Ahkeah
Preceded by
Jacob C. Morgan
Succeeded by
Sam Ahkeah
6th Vice Chairman-elect of the Navajo Tribal Council (died before taking office; Zhealy Tso appointed)
Personal details
Born
~1860 Fort Defiance, New Mexico Territory
Died
January 7, 1947 Ganado, Arizona
Cause of death
pneumonia
Resting place
Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Arizona
Nationality
Navajo Nation and USA (acquired 1924)
Spouse(s)
K'eehabah, Nanabah
Children
6, Tom, Ben, Antoinette, Annie, Veronica and Josephine
Occupation
Interpreter for the U.S. military, Rancher
Clans
Mąʼii Deeshgiizhnii Naakaii Dineʼé
Henry Chee Dodge (c. 1860–1947), also known in Navajo by his nicknames Hastiin Adiitsʼaʼii ("Mister Interpreter") and Kiiłchííʼ ("Red Boy"), was the last official Head Chief of the Navajo Tribe from 1884 until 1910, the first Tribal Chairman of the Navajo Business Council from 1922 until 1928, and chairman of the then Navajo Tribal Council from 1942 until 1946.[1] He was the father of Thomas Dodge,[2] who served as Tribal Council chairman from 1932 until 1936,[1] and activist Annie Dodge Wauneka.
^ abNavajo Nation Government. Fourth Edition. Office of Navajo Nation Development. Tségháhoodzání/Window Rock, AZ: 1998. p. 13.
^Lock, Raymond F. The Book of the Navajo. 6th Edition. Mankind Publishing. Los Angeles: 2001.
Henry CheeDodge (c. 1860–1947), also known in Navajo by his nicknames Hastiin Adiitsʼaʼii ("Mister Interpreter") and Kiiłchííʼ ("Red Boy"), was the last...
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the Navajo Tribal Council: Henry CheeDodge (Navajo). 1924 First Navajo person to earn a law degree: Thomas Henry Dodge (Navajo). First all-Native American...
Defiance, in an honored place next to the late leader of the Navajos, CheeDodge. "To protect and preserve the cultural, historical and archaeological...
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subsistence farming and sheep grazing. This first council was headed by Henry CheeDodge and consisted of one delegate elected from each of the five agencies,...
Dodge served in the United States military in the South Pacific during World War II. Adee Dodge was the son of Bitanny Dodge, and grandson of Chee Dodge...
friendly relations with Navajo leaders such as Charlie Tso and Henry "Chee" Dodge who helped him gain support among the Navajo for the school. This boarding...
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merged to form Givaudan-Roure. Also in 1991, the company bought Fritzsche, Dodge and Olcott. In 1997 Givaudan-Roure acquired another flavor company, Tastemaker...
open-source project named "PieMessage" was announced by app developer Eric Chee, consisting of code for OS X that communicates with iMessage and connects...
by American writer Tony Hillerman, the eleventh in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1993. Murders happen on both...
Award—What We Leave Behind, directed by Iliana Sosa Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award—Chee$e, directed and written by Damian Marcano Adobe Editing Award—Everything...
Global Information
Navajo Nation and 
USA (acquired 1924)