“Willow Trees with Fresh Spring Water”

 OFFICE HOURS:

Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 1:00pm – 5:00 PM | Closed on Weekends & Holidays

Brief Overview of the Chapter

About 1845, the current location of the Kaibeto community was occupied by a few families drown to the location because of a natural spring. Rain water run-offs from the higher parts of while mesa provided for growing corn and squash along the Kaibeto creek. This creek eventually runs into the Colorado River; it also supplies periodic source of water for the livestock. Beginning in the 1860s, Navajos started getting concerned with increased settlement of white folks near the natural springs which eventually created hostility between the Navajo and white people. In 1914 the Kaibeto Trading Post began construction by the Richardsons, who also owned the Cameron Trading Post. In 1920, a two-room day school was built behind the old Trading Post. Kaibeto Chapter was not formally certified until December 1955, when the Navajo Tribal Council began assisting the chapters. The first chapter house was made of sandstone with one room for meetings. However, this was used just a few years until the present Kaibeto Chapter House was built in 1960. A man named Attakai Sani or “Old Card Player” in Navajo was supported by the BIA or Western Indian Geological Survey in forming the Kaibeto are into a soil management district headquarters. The district included other Navajo chapters of Lechee, Tonalea (then named Red Lake #1), and Inscription House. In 1934, the government Indian service established this as a centralized headquarters for local management of District One. A sandstone building was erected for the purpose of housing the district supervisor, Gus Griften. District work involved land management, conservation work, land operations, and administration. The old sandstone building now makes up the center of the lower old BIA school compound. Seven years after the chapter house was constructed, a new elementary boarding school was completed at upper Kaibeto, just two and half miles west of the old primary school. The number of students increased from 260 to 600. A school clinic was added to the upper school. Twenty new housing units were constructed along Highway 160 in 1979.

MISSION STATEMENT

To Inspire a Dynamic, Innovative and Prosperous Community through the Combined Talents of Our Citizens

VISION STATEMENT

To provide a sustainable growth thru Self-Governance while preserving the Cultural Values of our Community

K’AI’BII’TO CHAPTER OFFICIALS 2021-2024

Tom Franklin, Jr. | PRESIDENT
tomfranklinjr@naataanii.org

Yolanda Ellis-Bileen | VICE PRESIDENT
ellislon@navajochapters.org

Linda Israel | SECRETARY / TREASURER
lisrael@navajochapters.org

Neal John |Grazing Officer
nealbjohn32yrs@gmail.com

Helena Nez-Begay | COUNCIL DELEGATE
@navajo-nsn.gov

 | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT ASSISTANT
@navajo-nsn.gov

ADMINISTRATION

Ella Dodson-Slick | Community Services Coordinator
edodson-slick@navajochapters.org

VACANT | Accounts Maintenance Specialist
navajochapters.org

 | Office Aide