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Dine College - The Higher Education Institution of the Navajo since 1968

Read about our mission as the Land Grant Office.Here is we do under the Endowment Funding.This is our Edcuation page.Surprise! This is the link to the Extension Program.Check out this group of folks who run the office.See what we have in store for you all.

Land Grant Office

Letter from the Director

Land Grant DirectorWelcome to the Land Grant Office and please feel free to read the second issue of the Land Grant Newsletter. We are proud to continue promoting our programs and we feel privileged to garner the commitment of sharing them with you. Several new programs and projects were established through the summer of 2008. We are fortunate to have partnered with the Chinle Natural Resource Conservation Service to establish a series of Range Monitoring workshops and with a non profit organization know as Seeds of Harmony to conduct the Chuska Youth Summer Camp. We are proud to say that both programs were a success and will continue throughout 2009.

We at the Land Grant office are charged with developing workshops and programs in the best interest of the Navajo Nation stakeholders. We conduct a variety of workshops from gardening to rangeland management. We have been working with the Navajo Nation Veterinary Office to allow our staff to collect and process premise identification applications. We are also proud to announce that we are in the second year of our 4-H youth opportunity grant.

We encourage Navajo youth between the ages of 6 to 19 years of age to become 4-H members. You can enroll your child here at our office or any other County Extension Office. Parents wanting to become a volunteer can also sign up here and we will help guide you with establishing a 4-H club in your community.

It is important for us to implement our Land Grant Goals and Mission which is to increase the availability of community and youth development programs throughout the Navajo Nation. We feel that our programs will help strengthen family and traditional values. Our office is located at the Diné College Tsaile Campus on West end of campus near the Land Grant Demonstration Farm. We welcome you to visit us at our office to discuss concerns about your farm, ranch, and/or livestock. We also encourage you to bring us new ideas to develop new programs that are not readily available.

Benita Litson, Director


1 CIRCLE DRIVE PO BOX 7B TSAILE, AZ 86556 PHONE: (928) 724-6941 FAX: (928) 724-6949