WHEATFIELDS/
TSAILE/
BLACK
ROCK
CHAPTER
Navajo
name: T0dz7s'1/Ts47h7l8/Tsezh7n7
Interpretation: Flowing
through (rock crevice)/Many ponds
Indian Population : 1980
Census: 1,212
1990 Census: 1,391
2000 Census: 1,983
Estimated land size: 162,494,4 Acres
Land Management District : 11
GOVERNMENT
Number of Chapter NNC delegate(s): 2
Delegate(s)
shared with:
Round Rock Chapter
Lukachukai Chapter
Number of police officer(s): 2
Navajo
Police district office covering Chapter :
Chinle
Tribal
offices that provide services within Chapter :
Dept. of
Headstart - Homebase
Community
Health Representatives
Navajo Nation
Special Diabetes Program
Senior
Citizens Center
MEDICAL
Hospital(s)
and clinic(s) where most Chapter people go:
Hospital Town
Chinle Hospital Chinle, AZ
Fort Defiance Hospital Fort Defiance, AZ
Clinic Town
Tsaile Health Center Tsaile, AZ
EDUCATION
No.
of Schools:
Pre-schools/Head
Start 2
Kindergarten
to 8th 1
High
School 1
Total
enrollment by school
(Fall 2003):
School Enrolled
Dine'
College700
Tsaile
Public School 387
Head
Start 60
COMMUNICATIONS
No.
of computers availabe for public use at Chapter: 4
No.
of public payphones in the community: 4
Regular
TV reception; stations received:
Call Letters Town
KOBF Farmington,
NM
Depends on area of chapter, the
eastern part is near the Lukachukai Mountains and forested area, thus not able
to get any reception. NCC Campus is on
a cable system.
Clear
AM radio stations received:
Call Letters Town
KTNN Window
Rock, AZ
KNDN Farmington,
NM
KGAK Gallup,
NM
KHAC Tse
Bonito, NM
Clear
FM radio stations received:
Call Letters Town
KISZ Cortez,
CO
KTRA Farmington,
NM
KFXR (KGLX) Chinle, AZ
(Gallup,
NM)
KXTC Gallup,
NM
KWIM Tse
Bonito, NM
KWRK Window
Rock, AZ
Newspaper
received within the Chapter :
Name of Paper Town
Navajo Times Window Rock, AZ
The Independent Gallup, NM
Thrifty Nickel Gallup, NM
Courier
services within the Chapter :
Name of Service
United States Postal Service
United Parcel Service
Federal Express
RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES
Park
Baseball
Field
Library
Rodeo
Arena
General
Recreation Building
PUBLIC FACILITIES
No. of
Office spaces at Chapter5
Senior
Citizens Building
Warehouse
EQUIPMENT
(Maintained by Chapter)
None
reported
SCENIC
ATTRACTIONS
Wheatfields
Lake
Tsaile
Lake
Chuska
Mountains
WHEATFIELDS/TSAILE/BLACK
ROCK CHAPTER (Continued)
CIVIC
Churches:
Name
of Church Est'd Membership
Tsaile
Community Church 200
St. Ann
Catholic Church 80
Jordon
River Church120
Wheatfields
Catholic Church 80
Indigenous:
Traditional
Navajo Religion
Native
American Church
Active
community organizations:
Community Land Use Planning
Committee
Farm Board
Tsaile/Wheatfields Water Users
COMMERCIAL
Available
commercial establishments in the Chapter :
Gas
Stations 2
Convenience
Store 1
TRANSPORTATION
Paved
roads through the chapter area:
Navajo Route 12
Navajo Route 64
Distances
to:
Agency:
Chinle 33 miles
Window
Rock 43 miles
Gallup,
NM 67 miles
MAJOR EMPLOYERS No. of
Name
of Employer Employees
Tsaile/Wheatfields
Chapter2
Senior
Citizens Center2
Special
Diabetes Project 1
Community
Health Representative1
Navajo
Nation Head Start 8
LOCAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
Water (Two lakes and streams)
Timber
Scenery
COMMUNITY/COOPERATIVE
FARMING
Although
there is no cooperative farming, there is a farm board for community
farmers. All of the family farms cover
an estimated 1,084 acres.
BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER
The chapter is home to the main campus of the
Dine’ College (DC). As noted above, DC
is the largest employer in the area. DC
has extension branches at each of the Navajo Nation growth centers. Including the extension branches, DC
provided education to an average of 3,950 students per year over a ten year
period from 1984 to 1993. The overall
average for the last three years of that period was 4,807; or an equivalent to
2,940 full time enrolled students; 90% are American Indian, with nearly all
being Navajo. Beyond the student
population, the Tsaile campus offers a valuable resource outlet for
educational, recreational, and entertainment of events for the Navajo people
and the surrounding communities.
Several special events are sponsored on campus, including seminars,
conferences, music festivals, plays, concerts, sports tournaments, etc.
The chapter house is located next to
Navajo Route 12 less than three miles northwest of Wheatfields Lake. The chapter area is very scenic with the
Lukachukai Mountains and Tsaile Butte dominating the eastern skies. Both Wheatfields Lake and Tsaile Lake provide
boating, hiking, and enjoyable fishing in the warmer months and ice-hole fishing
during the winter.
This
Chapter information was provided by:
Name Telephone No.
2004 Paula
S. Begay, CSC 928/724-3326
Fax: 928/724-3388
'96 Arthur
J. Hood, CSC
Alice
B. Spencer, CSC
'92 Treva
Benally, Clerk Typist
