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Resolution No. R2019-45 RESOLUTION NO. R2019-45 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A LAND TRANSFER OF 500 ACRES, THE SITE FORMALLY OCCUPIED BY WINGATE BOARDING SCHOOL, FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE; WITH THE EXPRESS DESIGNATION AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT; AND, WITH THE PURPOSE DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF FORT WINGATE, ALONG WITH ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE MILITARY, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE REGION WITH A FOCUS ON THE NATIVE PEOPLE OF THE REGION. WHEREAS, the City of Gallup is a political subdivision of the State of New Mexico governed by the Mayor and City Councilors; and, WHEREAS, the subject land is within the boundaries of McKinley County, located in tract 37, in accordance with the Fort Wingate quadrangle, Township 14 North, Range 16 West in the northwest quarter (NW ¼) of section 10, in McKinley County New Mexico (bench mark dated 1995); and, WHEREAS, the subject land has historical significance some of which is set forth as follows: • It was at Fort Wingate in 1872 that Chief Manuelito, Thomas V. Kearn and General Oliver Otis Howard established the Navajo Police – first known as the Navajo Cavalry, a group of 100 hundred volunteers became the first Indian police force. • Fort Wingate was the headquarters for the Navajo Indian Scouts from 1873-1890. During this period, over one hundred Navajos served in the United States military. • At Fort Wingate in 1886, two Navajo women enlisted in the Navajo Scouts. These two, Mexicana Chiquita and Muchucha, became the first females to serve in a combat role as women in the United States Army. • Fort Wingate became the center for several educational and research activities in the late nineteenth century. Innovators in the fields of Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology and Botany made their headquarters at Fort Wingate. Scholars, such as Dr. Washington Matthews, who pioneered the study of the Navajo language and culture; Clarence Dutton, the father of American Geology; and Adolph Bandelier and Frank Hamilton Cushing along with Mary Tileston Hemenway and the Southwestern Archaeological Expeditions made major contributions to the study of the human and natural history of the Colorado Plateau. • Fort Wingate provided employment to the Navajo people from workers who helped build the fort in the 1880’s to those who worked at the school and offices up to the present day. The educational training provided to Navajo people at Wingate High School and Wingate Elementary became the foundation for the gainful employment of Navajo people. • In 1926, the Charles H. Burke Vocational School was established. The Burke school became Wingate Vocational School and then Wingate High School, the primary high school serving Navajo youth for many years. The vocational programs at Wingate High School provided training to students in skills related to traditional Navajo life such as farming, weaving, metal working, furniture making. This school also provided many Navajo teachers a venue to teach. Nonaba G. Bryan, Charles Keetsie Shirley, and Abrose Roanhorse were some of the many teachers that have taught there. In 1965, when Wingate High School moved to its present location, the subject site became Wingate Elementary School. • In May 1942, the first Navajo Code Talkers were recruited and sworn into the United States Marine Corps at Wingate Vocational High School. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GALLUP, NEW MEXICO THAT: 1. The City of Gallup, Mayor and City Councilors do hereby support the transfer of 500 acres as mentioned herein, from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the National Park Service with the express designation as a National Monument, with its primary purpose devoted to the history of Fort Wingate including its relationship to the military, social, economic, and cultural history of the region with a focus on the native people of the region. 2. The City of Gallup, Mayor and City Councilors urge the New Mexico Congressional delegation to support the efforts in this matter initiated and proposed by the Old Fort Wingate Task Force, an Affiliate of the Plateau Sciences Society. ADOPTED THIS 12th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2019. __________________________________ Jackie McKinney, Mayor ATTEST: ________________________________ Alfred Abeita II, City Clerk .
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