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Law enforcement agency
Navajo Rangers
Agency overview
Formed
1957
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction
Navajo Nation
Governing body
Division of Natural Resources (Navajo Nation)
Operational structure
Headquarters
Window Rock, Arizona
Sworn members
11(2020)
Agency executive
Hope Wilson[1] (2012), Program Manager
The Navajo Rangers (formed 1957[2]) is an organization of the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States, which maintains and protects the tribal nation's public works, natural resources, natural and historical sites and assist travelers.[3][4] The Rangers form part of the Navajo Nation Department of Resource Enforcement (within the Division of Natural Resources). The agency currently consists of 11 officers in four different field locations.[5] The organization was founded by Richard Fowler Van Valkenburgh.[6][7]
^Associated Press. (August 4, 2012). "Drought on Navajo Nation hits wild horses". ABC 15 (Arizona). Archived from the original on January 16, 2013.
^Navajo Nation - Natural Resource Law Enforcement -Navajo Rangers at USAcops.com
^Standard Oil Company; Exxon Corporation (1957). The Lamp. Exxon Corp. p. 192. Retrieved 11 August 2011. - Navajo Rangers, riding in pick-up trucks and jeeps, are on constant patrol. Their job is to protect the natural beauties and the archeological sites of the Navajo homeland, and to assist travelers...
^James F. Downs (February 1984). The Navajo. Waveland Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-88133-037-3. Retrieved 11 August 2011. - Navajo rangers build roads, dams, and other tribal works and operate a separate park service and tribal highway and works departments
^Richard Fowler Van Valkenburgh: Friend of the Navajo People, The National Association
of the Van Valkenburg Family
^Navajo Times. January 1967. p. 132. Retrieved 1 December 2012. - Mr. Van Valkenburgh, who also was the founder of the Navajo Tribal Rangers, was so greatly beloved by the tribe that at the time of his death the Council held a memorial service.
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