Editing Navajo Nation (section)

===Administrative divisions===
====Agencies and chapters====
The Navajo Nation is divided into five agencies. The seat of government is located at the Navajo Governmental Campus in [[Window Rock, Arizona|Window Rock/''Tségháhoodzání'']]. These agencies are composed of several chapters each, and reflect the five [[United States Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)]] agencies created in the early formation of the Navajo Nation.

The five agencies within the Navajo Nation are Chinle Agency in Chinle, Arizona; Eastern Navajo Agency in Crownpoint, New Mexico; Western Navajo Agency in [[Tuba City, Arizona]]; Fort Defiance Agency in [[Fort Defiance, Arizona]]; and Shiprock Agency in [[Shiprock, New Mexico]]. The BIA agencies provide various technical services under direction of the BIA's Navajo Area Office at [[Gallup, New Mexico]].

Agencies are divided into chapters as the smallest political unit, similar to municipalities or small U.S. counties. The Navajo capital city of Window Rock is located in the chapter of [[St. Michaels, Arizona]].

The Navajo Nation also operates executive offices in [[Washington, DC]] to facilitate government-to-government relations and for lobbying services and congressional relations.

====Departments and divisions====
=====Law enforcement=====
{{main|Navajo Nation Police}}

Navajo law enforcement consists of approximately 180 tribal police officers as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=This Max Series Offers An Unflinching Look At A Unique Police Department |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/navajo-police-class-57_n_65292538e4b03ea0c004b9f8 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref>

Certain classes of crimes, such as capital cases, are prosecuted and adjudicated in Federal courts. However, the Navajo Nation operates its own divisions of law enforcement via the Navajo Division of Public Safety, commonly referred to as the Navajo Nation Police (formerly Navajo Tribal Police). Law enforcement functions are also delegated to the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife: Wildlife Law Enforcement and Animal Control Sections; Navajo Nation Forestry Law Enforcement Officers; and the Navajo Nation EPA Criminal Enforcement Section; and Navajo Nation Resource Enforcement ([[Navajo Rangers]]).

Other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies routinely work on the Navajo Nation, including the BIA Police, [[National Park Service]] U.S. Park Rangers, [[U.S. Forest Service]] Law Enforcement and Investigations, [[Bureau of Land Management]] Law Enforcement, [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA), US Marshals, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] as well as other Native American units such as the Ute Mountain Agency and the Hopi Agency plus [[Arizona Highway Patrol]], [[Utah Highway Patrol]], [[New Mexico Department of Public Safety]] (State Police and Highway Patrol), Apache County Sheriff's Office, Navajo County Sheriff's Office, McKinley County Sheriff's Office.

=====Other agencies=====
* Transportation
* Health
* Education
* Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation

====Regional Commissions====
Regional government functions are carried out by the "District Grazing Committees" and "Off-Reservation Land Boards", "Major Irrigation Projects Farm Boards", and "Agency Councils".<ref>[[David E. Wilkins]], ''The Navajo Political Experience'', 1999, Chapter 9.</ref>