[3] There was speculation that he was born three years earlier and was the son of the US Indian Agent Henry L. Dodge at the Navajo Agency.

During the Long Walk of 1864, Dodge got separated from his mother, and was taken in as an orphan by a family who found him wandering around.

Chee Dodge eventually replaced Jesus Arviso as the official Navajo interpreter to the U.S.

During his tenure, he lobbied for improved education opportunities for Navajo children, and traveled to Washington to convince the Federal Government to secure more funding.

[1] Chee Dodge died in his sleep from complications due to pneumonia on January 7, 1947, in Ganado, Arizona.