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{{short description|Government center of the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
| nrhp_type =nhl▼
| name = Navajo Nation Council Chamber <br /> {{lang|nv|Béésh bąąh dah si'ání}}{{nbsp|2}}([[Navajo language|Navajo]])
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▲ | nrhp_type = nhl
| image = Navajo Nation Council Chambers 6809.jpg
| caption =
| location= [[Window Rock, Arizona]]
| coordinates = {{coord|35|40|58|N|109|2|54|W|display=inline,title}}
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| built ={{start date|1935}}
| architecture= [[Pueblo Revival]], rustic▼
| designated_nrhp_type= August 18, 2004<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1299815777&ResourceType=Building|title=Navajo Nation Council Chamber|accessdate=2007-09-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303151651/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1299815777&ResourceType=Building|archivedate=2009-03-03}}</ref>
▲ | area = {{convert|1.6|acre|m2}}
▲| architect= Mayers, Murray and Phillip (Goodhue); Navajo Craftsman
▲| architecture= [[Pueblo Revival]], rustic
| added = August 18, 2004<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref>
| refnum=04001155
}}
'''Navajo Nation Council Chamber''' ({{lang
==Description and history==
▲'''Navajo Nation Council Chamber''' ({{lang-nv|{{spell-nv|Béésh bąąh dah siʼání}}}}) is the center of government for the [[Navajo Nation]]. The landmark building, in [[Window Rock, Arizona]], is significant for its association with the change in Federal policy for relations with Native Americans in the 1930s [[New Deal]], as established in the [[Indian Reorganization Act]]. With its red sandstone [[façade]] and overall [[National Park Service Rustic|rustic]] architectural style, the chamber was designed to harmonize with its spectacular natural surroundings. Built from 1934 to 1935, the chamber’s octagon shape and structural framework are meant to evoke a monumental [[hogan]], the traditional building form of the [[Navajo people]]. Additionally, the building incorporates the Navajo ceremonial features of an east-facing main entrance and a windowless north wall. A mural cycle depicting “The History and Progress of the Navajo Nation,” by Navajo artist [[Gerald Nailor, Sr.]], decorates the interior. <ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/indian/2005/navajo.htm Navajo Nation Council Chamber], at National Park Service. This article incorporates [[public domain]] text from this [[US government]] website. </ref>
The Navajo National Council Chamber stands amid a campus of other Navajo Nation government facilities in Window Rock, on the south side of Tribal Hill Road, sited with a view of the stone arch formation that gives Window Rock its name. It is a two-level stone structure, built out of red sandstone designed to harmonize with the surrounding sandstone formations. It is octagonal in shape, its design intended to evoke a monumental [[hogan]], the traditional building form of the [[Navajo people]]. [[Ponderosa pine]] [[viga (architecture)|viga]]s radiate outward to stone buttresses, and heavy wooden timbers serve as lintels and trim. The main entrance faces east (a traditional Navajo orientation), with flanking seven-foot wooden panels carved by the Navajo artist Charles Shirley. At the center of the structure is an octagonal [[clerestory]] level. The interior is a single large chamber, with steel columns supporting smaller vigas tied to the larger ones which support the roof.<ref name=nhl_nom>{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|04001155}}|title=NHL nomination for Navajo National Council Chamber|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2020-02-04}}</ref> The Navajo artist [[Gerald Nailor, Sr.]] was commissioned in 1942 for a mural cycle depicting ''The History and Progress of the Navajo Nation,'' which is installed in the interior.<ref name="NPS2005">[http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/indian/2005/navajo.htm Navajo Nation Council Chamber], at National Park Service. This article incorporates [[public domain]] text from this [[US government]] website.</ref>
The site for the building was chosen by John Collier, United States commissioner for Indian affairs, in 1933, and it was erected in 1934–35 with funding from the [[Public Works Administration]]. It was designed by [[Mayers Murray & Phillip]] of [[New York City]], a firm known for its [[Mission Revival architecture]].<ref name=nhl_nom/>
==Gallery==
<Gallery
File:Navajo3.jpg|
</Gallery>
==See also==
{{Portal|Arizona|National Register of Historic Places}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Apache County, Arizona]]
* [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://discovernavajo.com/attractions/navajo_nation_council_chambers_20060309_188.html Navajo Nation Council Chambers tour information], Discover Navajo▼
* {{Curlie|Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Native_Americans/Tribes%2C_Nations_and_Bands/N/Navajo/|Navajo}}
▲*[http://discovernavajo.com/attractions/navajo_nation_council_chambers_20060309_188.html Navajo Nation Council Chambers tour information]
{{Window Rock, Arizona}}
{{Navajo Nation}}
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Apache County, Arizona]]
[[Category:National Historic Landmarks in Arizona]]
[[Category:Geography of the Navajo Nation|Council Chamber]]
[[Category:Octagonal buildings in the United States]]
[[Category:Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Apache County, Arizona]]
[[Category:Pueblo Revival architecture in Arizona]]
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