Cabellero apologizes in media statement
Johnny Cabellero, accused drunken driver in the Navajo couple and infant death case, publicly apologized to the family through media. He spoke from the hospital bed after a high speed chase incident, expresses regret and asks his loved ones for strength while he remains in custody on bond and awaiting arraignment.
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Gallup
Johnny Cabellero
Cabellero
McKinley County
Jeannie, King
Johnny Jr
Meagan Annette’Cabellero
Navajo Nation Council Tables Unlimited Term Proposal
The Navajo Nation Council voted 46 to 30 to table a July proposal to remove two term limits for school farm and land boards and the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors. If approved later, write in candidates could allow incumbents to run in August. debate noted by delegates about term limits for leaders and officials.
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Jim Maniaci
Window Rock
Navajo Nation
Navajo Board of Election Supervisors
Tom Cody
Leupp
Péo le
Council
Ervin Keeswood
Hogback
Jerry Bodie
Sanostee
Election Board
Raymond
Maxx
Mesa
Tuba City
Navajos court tourists eye summer visitors push
Navajo tourism office led by Kathie Curly pursues new marketing to draw summer travelers. A Discover Navajo guide, NAMC coalition with Hopi and White Mountain Apache, and a 16 page magazine target southern Arizona and southern California. A self guided Canyon de Chelley tour launched with more in the works. An 800 number and a new Monument Valley vendor building are planned as regional efforts expand. About 1 million tourists visited last year and more are expected.
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Nancy Watson
Gallup
Navajos Tourism Office
Kathie Curly
Curly
Northern
Arizona
Arizona ‘Office ‘of Tourism
NAMC
Navajo Nation
California
Curley
White Mountain
Canyon de Chelley
Farmington
Shiprock
Tribe seeks to remove BIA from lease approvals
The Navajo Nation Council approved a resolution by 63 to 1 urging Congress to strip the U S Bureau of Indian Affairs from approving tribal lease rules once the Interior Secretary approves them The move aims to cut the approval steps for business home and grazing leases on the reservation and reflects ongoing sovereignty efforts The plan would leave the tribe with a streamlined process potentially reducing permits to about a dozen steps President Kelsey Begaye said the change would ease leasing while critics warned it could echo federal overreach locally and outside interests.
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Jim Maniaci
Window Rock
Navajo Nation
Congress
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Navajo Nation Council
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
BIA
Navajo ‘Nation
Kelsey Begaye
Thomas Christie
Navajo Attorney,General’s Office
James Bilagody
Mesa
Tuba City
David John
Aneth
Potter blends cultures in award winning Gallup show
R Diane Martinez returns to Gallup for a show at Red Rock State Park Museum featuring nearly 30 pieces. Hand built, wheel formed, and micaceous clay pots highlight a fusion of Southwest Indian traditions with contemporary methods including splatter designs. Martinez crafts with soil derived materials and uses a wood firing pit or electric kiln, stressing clean interior finishes.
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Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Gallup
R. Diane Martinez
Martinez
Red Rock State Park Museum
Robert and
Honoria McClanahan
Robert
San Ildefonso
Martintez
Taos
Jett Jones
Red Rock Park Museum
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