Navajo Rangers

Navajo Rangers

The Navajo Rangers are an organisation on the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States, which maintain and protect the tribal nation's public works and natural resources.[1] The Rangers also serve as a park service, protecting natural and historical sites and assisting travelers.[2]

The organisation was founded by Richard Fowler Van Valkenburgh.[3]

References

  1. ^ James F. Downs (February 1984). The Navajo. Waveland Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-88133-037-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=PmlGAAAAMAAJ. 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
  2. ^ Standard Oil Company; Exxon Corporation (1957). The Lamp. Exxon Corp.. p. 192. http://books.google.com/books?id=4swRAQAAMAAJ. 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...
  3. ^ Richard Fowler Van Valkenburgh: Friend of the Navajo People, The National Association of the Van Valkenburg Family

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