Chee Dodge

Who was Chee Dodge?

Henry Chee Dodge, also known in Navajo by his nicknames Hastiin Adiitsʼaʼii and Kiiłchííʼ, was chairman of the Navajo Business Council from 1922 until 1928, and chairman of the then Navajo Tribal Council from 1942 until 1946. Thereafter, he became the first and only Navajo politician elected vice-president who died before being able to take office. He was the father of Thomas Dodge, who served as Tribal Council chairman from 1932 until 1936, and activist Annie Dodge Wauneka.