Shonto means "Sunshine Springs" or Sháá’tóhí in Navajo. Shonto is located in the northwestern portion of the Navajo Nation. Present-day Shonto Chapter was added to the Nation in several sections between 1882 and 1965. Shonto was recognized as a community around 1900. It became a chapter of the Navajo Nation in 1958. Shonto extends across two states (Arizona and Utah) and three counties (Coconino and Navajo Counties in Arizona and San Juan County in Utah)... [Continued: History]

Navajo Name:
Sháá’tóhí
(Sunshine Springs)

Land base:
424,968 acres (approximately)

Land Status:
Navajo Trust Land
Navajo Grazing District 2

Elevation:
5,080

INFORMATION/CONTACT

Shonto Community Governance
PO Box 7800
Shonto, AZ 86504
Telephone: 928-672-2910
Fax: 928-672-2882
Email: scg@shonto.org

Scholarship Inquires:

email: scholarship@shonto.org

Media Inquires

email: media@shonto.org

Shonto Community Development Corporation

PO Box 7701
Shonto, AZ 86054
Telephone: 928-797-0518
Fax: 928-672-2882
Email: shonto.cdc@gmail.com

LOCAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY


Shonto Preparatory School
928-672-2659

Shonto Post Office
928-672-2664

Shonto Trading Post
928-672-2320

LINKS

Shonto Preparatory School
www.shonto.bia.edu

Kaibeto Chapter
www.kaibeto.nndes.org

The Navajo Nation
www.navajo.org

Navajo Mountain
www.navajomountain.nndes.org

Upcoming Events:

2.5.2010

Shonto Community Governance Executive Planning Board Meeting

The SCG Executive Planning Board Meeting will be at 5pm this Friday at the SCG Meeting Room in Shonto, AZ.

 February 2010

Shonto Community Governance General Assembly Meeting

More details To Be Announced.

CHAPTER OFFICIALS

President:
Lorenzo Isaac Jr.

Vice-President:
Felix Fuller

Secretary/Treasurer:
Elizabeth Whitethorne-Benally

Grazing Board:
Frank Laughter

Council Delegate:
Jonathan Nez

CHAPTER
GOVERNANCE
ADMINISTRATION STAFF

Manager:
Robert K. Black, Jr.

Project Manager:
Jeanette Brown

Accounting Clerk:
Arlinda Bennett