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