Thomas Atcitty

Infobox_President
name=flagicon|USA Thomas Edward Atcitty Sr.

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order=3^th President of the Navajo Nation
term_start=January 1 1998
term_end=January 1 1999
vicepresident=Milton Bluehouse Sr.
predecessor=Albert Hale
successor=Milton Bluehouse Sr.
birth_date=11 October 1933
birth_place=Shiprock, New Mexico
party=Democratic
spouse=Vicky (Vivianita) Atcitty nee Herrera
occupation=GovernmentEducator, Businessman, Politician
religion=Methodist

Thomas Atcitty (born 11 October 1933) was the third president of the Navajo Nation. Mr. Atcitty is an enrolled member of the Navajo Tribe. He is the second of twelve children born to James and Priscilla Atcitty. He is a US Marine Corps veteran and graduated from Taylor University. Mr. Atcitty was instrumental in bringing a Fedmart store to Window Rock in the 1960s, which provided econonic growth for the tribe He served as the Vice President and President of the Navajo Community College, the only American Indian operated college in the US. He also served as the headmaster of the Navajo Academy in Farmington, New Mexico.

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