Milton Bluehouse Sr. (February 29, 1936 – January 14, 2019) was the fourth president of the

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...

in the post-Restructuring of the tribal government.

Early life

Bluehouse was born in

Ganado, Arizona Ganado ( nv, ) is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,210 at the 2010 census. Ganado is part of the Fort Defiance Agency, of the Bureau of Indian A ...

. He served in the

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for three years. Bluehouse served on the Navajo Tribal Council. He also served as the vice-president in the office of his predecessor

Thomas Atcitty Thomas Atcitty (November 1, 1933 – October 11, 2020) was an American politician and educator who served in the New Mexico House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party, 2nd Vice President of the Navajo Nation, and briefly served ...

. He assumed the presidency after some controversy involving his right to be president. As he had been an appointed vice-president, the law stated that he was not eligible to become president. The law was changed to allow him to assume the presidency.

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List of Navajo Nation leaders
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bluehouse, Milton Sr. 1936 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native American politicians Members of the Navajo Nation Council Military personnel from Arizona Native American people from Arizona People from Ganado, Arizona Presidents of the Navajo Nation Vice Presidents of the Navajo Nation