Our Feet In Navajo Land Chronicle
A brief look at Navajo land life shows wealth myths fade as surface reality remains. Traders, families, and weathered riders tend to modest livelihoods despite mineral and oil rights news.
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1961
Page
8
Navajo Credit Boom and Royalty Talk at Window Rock
A Navajo trader posts describe a pawned turquoise jewelry trade and outside sales pressure on the reservation. Charley Littlebear learns to write, buys records on credit, and faces collection by firms. Chief Paul Jones discusses royalties expected to reach each family about 350 dollars, with funds aimed at aid and self-help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley lLittlebear
Savas
Charley
Paul Jones
Windowrock
Arizona
Jones
U. S
Washington D. C
Senate
New York
Boy Scout Commission
Oat Varieties Outperform In 1961 Says ISU Agronomists
Iowa State University agronomists identify Cherokee Nemaha Bonham Newhawka and Minhater as top early oat varieties for 1961 with Minhafer leading by about 10 bushels per acre over five years. Midseason options Burnett Newton Goodfield Clintland 60 offer strong performance and straw strength. Late varieties Minton and Portage show promise though Minton has lower test weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Iowa State University
Minhafer
Burnett
Newton
Goodfield
Clintland
Minton
Portage
Navajo scholarships grow as tribal funds aid youth
The narrative notes that year 300 Navajo youths attend college on tribal scholarships with another thousand expected next year. Last year a thousand Navajo women earned wages removing noxious weeds on the reservation, funded by tribal money along with other public works projects. It recounts a desert coal vein visit where Navajo workers, paid from tribal funds, moved topsoil as part of a relief effort and communal labor, including a moment of cultural exchange with Chester and the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
County 4 H basketball tourneys announced with junior and senior divisions
Curly Cues reports the county 4 H boys basketball tournament returns with two divisions. Senior games start March 21 at 7 pm Emmetsburg against West Bend, then Silver Lake versus Independence and Booth against Rush Lake Ellington. March 22 features Freedom versus prior winner, Vernon versus Highland, Fairfield versus prior Silver Lake Independence winner, and Fern Valley against Booth Rush Lake Ellington winner. The piece also notes cabbage family storage tips and introduces Signora McFadyen as part time county extension home economist assisting with Rally Day camp state convention achievement days and county Family Living Committee planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
West Bend
Silver Lake
Independence
Booth
Rush Lake-Ellington
Freedom
Vernon
Highland
Fairfield
Silver Lake Independence
Fern Valley
Booth Rush Lake Ellington
Signora McFadyen
Palo Alto
Remarkable Giant Egg Found Near Ayrshire
Mrs Bert Rouse of near Ayrshire found the largest egg she had seen. The horizontal circumference measured 914 inches and the vertical 8. The egg enclosed a complete normal egg with a double yolk. Eye whites filled the space between the outside shell of the smaller egg and the interior shell of the larger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirs
Bert Rouse
Near
Ayrshire
Mrs Forsyth celebrates 94th birthday with sisters
Minnie Forsyth of Woldyville marked her 94th birthday with the company of four of her elderly sisters. One sister was ill and did not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Minnie) Forsyth
Woldyville
Lily of India plant thrives with little light
Chris R. Hansen of Maquoketa owns a Sacred Lily of India that requires almost no water and minimal light. The six to seven inch taller plant is deep purple and emits a strong odor that keeps it largely alone in the basement home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris R. Hansen
Maquoketa
India
Tractors urged to use red warning flags on roads
The Iowa Farm Loss Prevention Institute calls for rear view mirrors and warning flags on tractors to cut rising road accidents. Executive secretary James A. Vickery cites longer work hours and fatigue as factors, noting 2,704 such crashes in Iowa in 41 years ending 1959. Flags should be diagonal striped or checked, 18 inches to 3 feet high, and wave in breeze to alert motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Farm Loss Prevention Institute
James A. Vickery
Icava
Vickery
Institute
Eye injury to Henry Henricksen from tree branch
Henry Henricksen of Bennett sustained an eye injury after a tree branch struck him while working on the road. The incident occurred during routine maintenance. He received treatment and was reported in stable condition at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Henricksen
Bennett
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