The Navajo times. [volume], January 01, 1960, Image 1

About The Navajo times. [volume] (Window Rock, Ariz.) 1959-1960

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/l Navajo Mother receives a new lay
ette set.
The Department of Community Ser
vices provides personal services and as
sistance to the Navajo people under
programs of aid which have been es
tablished by the Navajo 1 ribal Coun
cil.
Since July 1958, each of the 96 chap
ters located throughout the reservation
has been contacted by the community
workers. This was mainly to arouse in
terest in these small communities for
greater participation in various activi-
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PUBLISHED BY THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, NAVAJO TRIBE, WINDOW ROCK, ARIZONA
Volume I, Number 3 January—l96o
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COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM AIDS MANY
ties. Through the local chapter meet
ings, people were informed of all the
programs that are in operation through
out the Navaio Reservation which are
directed from Window Rock, Arizona.
At most of these meetings, people were
informed how to conduct meetings and
that greater - things could be accom
plished through community effort.
However, most of the work involved
planning for community facilities, such
as preparation for construction and
operation of community buildings.
Through constant visits to these meet
ings by the community workers, the
people were given opportunities to sel
ect the sites for their chapter houses
and to discuss the problems of bringing
utilities such as water, electricity, and
fuel to the chapter houses which were
to be constructed in each community.
Through this type of communication
with Window Rock, the people began to
feel that there were more and more im
portant things that could be discussed
at the chapter meetings and that inten
sive planning would be necessary for
the construction of a community house.
Through the combined efforts of the lo
cal people, their chapter officers, coun
cilmen, and Community Services per
sonnel, the people began to realize the
meaning of community participation.
This type of work was not at all easy
because of the different types of groups
found in different areas of the reserva
tion.
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Durng this hectic span of time, there
w ere seventeen chapter houses com
pleted composing of six different types.
These buildings cost anywhere from
$39,000 to $64,000 in the smaller types
of chapter houses. A great amount of
effort on the part of the people of Tuba
City and all concerned made possible
the beginning of the construction of a
community center. As authorized and
directed by the Advisory Committee of
t h e Navajo Tribal Council, the con
struction ol chapter houses were spread
as far as possible throughout the reser
vation. This was mainly to refrain
from constructing too many chapter
houses in any single area. At the begin
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New Chapter House wider construc
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