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Line 1: {{short description\|Government center of the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States}} {{Infobox nrhp▼ {{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2023}} ~~\| name =Navajo Nation Council Chamber~~ ▲{{Infobox ~~nrhp~~NRHP \| nrhp_type =nhl▼ \| name = Navajo Nation Council Chamber <br /> {{lang\|nv\|Béésh bąąh dah si'ání}}{{nbsp\|2}}([[Navajo language\|Navajo]]) \| native_name = ▲ \| 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}} ~~\| lat_degrees = 35~~ \| ~~lat_minutes~~locmapin = 40Arizona#USA \| area = {{convert\|1.6\|acre\|m2ha}}▼ ~~\| lat_seconds = 58~~ \| built ={{start date\|1935}} ~~\| lat_direction = N~~ \| architect= [[Mayers, Murray ~~and~~& Phillip]] (Goodhue); Navajo Craftsman▼ ~~\| long_degrees = 109~~ \| architecture= [[Pueblo Revival]], rustic▼ ~~\| long_minutes = 2~~ \| 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> ~~\| long_seconds = 54~~ ~~\| long_direction = W~~ ~~\| locmapin = Arizona~~ ▲ \| area = {{convert\|1.6\|acre\|m2}} ~~\| built =1934~~ ▲\| architect= Mayers, Murray and Phillip (Goodhue); Navajo Craftsman ▲\| 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}}</ref>~~ \| added = August 18, 2004<ref name="nris">{{NRISref\|2007a}}</ref> ~~\| governing_body = [[Navajo Nation]]~~ \| refnum=04001155 }} '''Navajo Nation Council ~~Chambers~~Chamber''' ({{lang~~-nv\|{{spell~~-nv\|Béésh bąąh dah ~~siʼání}}~~si'ání}}) is the center of government for the [[Navajo Nation]]. The landmark building, in [[Window Rock, Arizona]], is significant for its association with the 1930s [[New Deal]], and its change in ~~Federal~~federal policy for relations with Native Americans, 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. The building was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 2004.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name=nhl_nom/> It is "the only legislative headquarters in the United States owned by an American Indian tribe which has been continuously in use by that tribe and whose design incorporates [[indigenous peoples\|indigenous]] materials and architectural traditions tied to the Navajo heritage."<ref name="NPS2005"/>▼ ==Description and history== ▲'''Navajo Nation Council Chambers''' ({{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 1930s [[New Deal]], and its change in Federal policy for relations with Native Americans, 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. 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/> 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. 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 building was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 2004.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref> [http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/az/Navaho Nation.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination, 2004] at [[National Park Service]] </ref> It is "the only legislative headquarters in the United States owned by an American Indian tribe which has been continuously in use by that tribe and whose design incorporates [[indigenous]] materials and architectural traditions tied to the Navajo heritage."<ref name="NPS2005"/> ==Gallery== <Gallery widths="180px" heights="180px" perrow=2> File:Navajo3.jpg\|<{{center>\|Interior, Navajo Nation Council Chamber}} ~~File:Navajo PLAQUE.jpg\|<center>Plaque commemorating National Historic Landmark designation, inscribed in English and Navajo~~ </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== Line 41 ⟶ 39: ==External links== {{~~commonscat-inline~~sister project links\|d=Q14680602\|voy=Navajo Nation\|c=Category:Navajo Nation Council Chamber\|s=no\|n=no\|b=no\|v=no\|wikt=no\|q=no\|m=no\|mw=no\|species=no}} * [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}} {{Window Rock, Arizona}} {{Navajo Nation}} {{~~Registered~~National Register of Historic Places}} [[Category:~~1934~~1935 ~~architecture~~establishments in Arizona]] [[Category:~~Apache~~Government ~~County,~~buildings ~~Arizona~~completed in 1935]] [[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]] ~~[[nv:Béésh bąąh dah siʼání]]~~ [[Category:Pueblo Revival architecture in Arizona]]