Navajo Times (Newspaper) - April 25, 1991, Window Rock, Arizona COPY AVAILABLE Dream see page 3 Diiro see page 3 Ganado see page 9 Tribal special prosecutors continuing investigations SANTA FE The special prosecutors for the having completed their investigation and prosecution of former Nava jo Chairman Peter are continuing to investigate other Bob one of the special said a number of cases are still under Although his associates in the past indicated that the of fice had about 30 cases under Rothstein said day he could not release any He did that his office will be sitting down with the tribes regular prosecutors and the Department of Justice to see which cases should be handled by the tribe and which should be handled by the special In our original there was a provision that we could refer some of the cases over to the tribal prosecutors to Rothstein He added that his firm is also working on answering briefs fil ed by attorneys for MacDonald in the appeals from the tions in his first two His third trial ended with an acquit tal on election law violation Just last Rothstein attorneys filed a brief to the Navajo Supreme Court in connection with his bribes and kickbacks MacDonald is suppos ed to submit information to the court in connection with a re quest for a at torney in the appeals in the Big Rothstein Navajo Nation Museum to host rug auction WINDOW ROCK The Navajo Nation Museum will be holding its Second Annual Benefit Navajo Rug and Craft Auction on May at the Nava jo Nation beginning at This sale will feature the art of Navajo All regional sizes and price ranges of Navajo rugs will be offered for sale to he highest This will include miniature rugs and some old This sale will give both the serious collector and the first time buyer a chance to see the wide range of Navajo rugs and other crafts available The Navajo Nation located in the Navajo Arts and Crafts Building in Window is dedicated to preserving and interpreting those materials see page 3 NTUA advises customers of possible outage FORT DEFIANCE On April 24th to Fri April the Public Ser vice Company of New Mexico crews will be replacing some much needed equipment at the 115 transmission line located near the The Navajo Tribal Utility Coal Mine tion feeds off this main transmission therefore power will be rerouted through the Pittsburg Midway Coal Mine transmission This reroute may cause minor power fluctuation throughout the above Areas effected are Fort De Hunters St Michaels and Window Arizona Coyote Mexican Nava Tohatchi and Twin NTUA would like to express an apology to customers who be inconvenienced at this however if Anyone should special assistance during this time they should notify the Fort Defiance District Office as as possible at 602 of the XX 17 WINDOW NAVAJO ARIZONA 865150310 April 1991 Merry Christmas Army Randolph James received his first christmas present from his sister Cystal who dressed up as Santa while mom Lita James looked James has not been home for the past five years since he joined the When he he came home to a big Home celebration put on by his and friends at the resi dence in Ganado Saturday who is with the Army Airborne Infantry was with one of the first units to Be deployed to and stationed in Saudi Times photo by Paul Welcome heroes By TOM ARVISO Navajo Times GANADO After spending nearly seven months on the front lines in Saudi there was one Navajo soldier Ganado who was truly happy to be I was so I got out and I kissed the ground in New York City after we said Army Sargeant Randolph James of his initial return to the United I really couldnt believe It was kind of like a I still felt like I was going to have to go back or It took a while for the feeling to sink irv that we were really was a lot df people at the airport and I was just happy for everyone else and their fami lies and said who is Im still James landed in Albuquerque last Wednesday and then caught a bus to Gallup where he was greeted by his Leila lames of A family i homecoming celebration was held for James on Saturday in which included a walk with his see page 7 Marine Lance Corporal Doug Hickman greets his old cousin Joshua while his aunt Theresa and Henry Rottschafer watch during the Welcome Home Celebration held in his honor at the Upper Fruitland Chapter House Saturday Hickman serves with Marine First Recon BN and was stationed at the border between Kuwait and Saudi His battalion moved in when the ground war His battalion mission was to act as eyes and ears for other Times photo by Paul Though not measles epidemic is quickly fading WINDOW ROCK The measles not is fading Indian Health Service officials said Carol maternal health consultant to the said that five or six cases are till being reported a which is still a lot than was reported before the epidemic began in but also a lot less than the 40 to 50 cases being reported one week in This past week marked the first measles case reported in and in Utah ana the first suspected case reported in IHS npw has had a total of about 230 cases since mid Milligan At one time we had up to 274 cases but when we started we some of the she weeding and discovered that cases were not No deaths have been reported but Milligan said two infants are now reported to be in serious condition at the Phoenix hospital where IHS transported Although IHS officials expect Tribe planning big welcome home ceremony By DONOVAN Navajo Times Correspondent WINDOW ROCK The Navajo Nation is planning a major celebration on June 1 to welcome home Navajo veterans from the Persian With the use of appropriated earlier this month by ihr Navajo Nation the tribe is going all out to have tion that will include a barbeque and said Jimmy a staff assistant to President Peterson This will mark the third attempt by the tribe to honor returning he said It was originally set for April 18 but there were so many other activities going on that day that we decided to postpone Bitsuie j The date was reset for May Armistice but this was again postponed when organizers of the event learned that dent Zah and other officials for the tribe planned to be in Phoenix for events The new June be held in conjunction with the tribes of Treaty an annual event commemorating the signing of the Treaty of 1868 between Navajo leaders and repre of the federal We on inviting a lot of state and federal officials to help celebrate the event With said Navajo soldiers are returning from duty in the Gulf almost weekly and Bitsuie said that recent statements made by dent George Bush give tribal officials hope that all or almost all of the Navajo veterans will be home by June In one of his President Bush said he thought all of the troops would be back home by July Bitsuie The location of the celebration on June 1 will be the tribal Bitsuie said the tribe is expecting as many as people to But thats not all the tribe is Bitsuie said the tribe is trying to have representatives on hand whenever a Navajo veteran returns home to greet them and give them a letter from Zah welcoming them So far that program has had mixed We are asking people to give us advance warning so that we can get prepared and to the place where the Navajo is coming we are getting phone calls from people saying their son is landing is someplace like San Diego that afternoon and that is nowhere near enough Bitsuie He get three days warning that Darryl House other veterans will be landing in Albu Bitsuie plans to be on hand to personally greet them on behalf of President Zah and the He said that parents or other relatives can get greetings for their returning veterans by contacting their office or the Presidents to offer degree program for tribal advocates By DONOVAN Navajo Times Correspondent WINDOW ROCK Theres good news for Navajos who to become tribal advocates but who dont think they can pass the Navajo Bar The Gallup Branch of the University of New beginning this will offer a associate degree pro gram for tribal Larry chairman of the Bar beam Committee for the Navajo Bar said the decision by the college to offer the courses couldnt come at a better In the past three no Navajo without a bar degree had passed the in part because the test has become so hard that even law school graduates admit that it takes a lot of time to study for each This is in comparison to the late 1970s and early 1980s when a general knowledge of the law was enough to get a passing You have to remember that a lot has happened in Navajo law during the past 15 said one of those who took the exam in its early During these 15 the tribes legal structure has become a great deal more what with new criminal and civil procedures and a new domestic court Battles Ruzow said that another fac tor affecting the ability of people without law degrees to pass the exam was the closing of pro grams that provide fulltime training to wouldbe For the past couple of the only training available was a Saturday course offered by Window Rock District Court Judge Robert Yazzie and this was apparently not enough in the way of instruction to pass the For this officials of the bar association met with repre of the college to see if the college could offer courses designed to prepare persons without law degrees to represent clients in tribal page 2 No trial for GALLUP Karl will not be going on trial Monday in connection with allegations he misrepresented where he lived when he ran unsuccessfully for the McKinley County Commission last Supporters of who feel he is being harassed the controlled county had planned u K on hand at the trial to protest the way the county had Court officials said Wednesday that the trial had been called when agreed to go into a diversion pro which allows first offenders of nonviolent crimes to get probation and community service instead of a jail sentence or One of the organizers of the who asked that his name not be said he felt that was the latest Navajo to find himself finding the domination of in the county This can be seen by the fact that although Navajos comprise 74 percent of the county only one Navajo has won a countywide the organizer This will actually be the second attempt to get a trial underway for His first trial ended up with him not showing up and having to pay in court He told court officials that he had forgotten about
