Rug wins best in show at Ceremonial in Red Rock exhibit
Nora Frank's Navajo vegetable-dye rug took best in show at the 60th Inter-Tribal Ceremonial opening in Red Rock State Park. The four day event features a 2:15 p.m. rodeo and 8:15 p.m. dance, with painting and textile awards ongoing and judges praising the overall carry of entries.
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Bonnie Meyer
Gallup
Red Rock State
Nora Frank
Tom Kirk
Bill Young
Jeff
Red ‘Hock State Park
Merrill defendant's lawyer says client's rights violated
Gallup New Mexico attorney for David Lee 25 Brimhall seeks to suppress evidence and statements after a fatal collision on NM 32 south of Gallup. Motion claims warrantless search and statements without probable cause violated rights. Also notes other vehicular homicide arrest and drag racing claims.
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Gallup
McKinley County
Wendle Merrill
David Lee
Brimhall
Merrill
N.M. 32
Ronald Grenko
Lee
McKinley
Jerry Thomas
Crownpoint
Thomas
Louis DePauli
Florida
Martin Pons
Attornees
Pons
Interstate 40
NCC telephone strike negotiations at standstill
Navajo Communications Company workers and management are at an impasse over a first contract. Workers demand 12 percent raises, wage parity with regional peers, apprenticeship, grievance procedures, and safer conditions. Union officials claim management refuses to negotiate on the reservation citing tribal code, while officials say talks stalled on the reservation. The workers voted to form a union last August and previously struck for three weeks.
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Kathie Saltzstein
Southwest
Bailey
Phoenix
NCC
Window Rock Woman Foils Rape Attempt at Home
A Window Rock woman fought off an attacker who entered her St Michaels housing residence around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday wearing a ski mask. BIA and tribal police pursue leads, but tracks proved unclear and the suspect remains at large.
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BIA
Fredenberg
St. Michaels
Hye . A
Lee Ranch Mine hearing signals NM coal act role
Neil Thompson reports from Gallup New Mexico where SF Coal Corp seeks a Lee Ranch Mine permit near Grants under the Coal Surface Mining Act. The 1441 hour session at McKinley County Courthouse heard no opposition with Emery Arnold directing. The project would employ 300 during full production, mine 70 million tons over 26 years, and ship coal via a 15 mile spur to Star Lake Railroad.
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Eastern Bureau Gallup
New Mexico
McKinley County
SF Coal Corp
Lee Ranch
Grants
Emery Arnold
Mining and Minerals
Ovine
Edward Wells
Wells
Pat James
Santa Fe Mining, Inc
S F Coal Corp
James
Star Lake
George Byers
Santa Fe
Byers
Jeffrey Williams
Santa Fe Industries Inc
Mining’and Minerals Division
Arnold
Indian art bequest boosts Red Rock Museum collection
Elizabeth Andrew Houser, a Los Angeles cellist with a passion for Southwestern and Eskimo art, left a $70,000 collection to the Red Rock Museum in Gallup. The bequest, to be housed in a Houser-named room, includes 51 jewelry pieces, 27 Navajo rugs valued at $34,700, eight paintings, pottery, baskets, and other items from Santo Domingo to Cochiti, reflecting her dream of a permanent, start-up museum display. The donors The Indian and I shop owners Theda and Michael Bassman traveled from Palm Desert to present the collection during the ceremonial week.
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Kirk
John
Mike
Gary Yazzie
Edith Tsabetsaye
Lyda Thomas
Ernestine Morales
Morales
Aurelia Molina
Edith Longhora
Matilda Thomas
Convention Center
Jean Bales
Oklahoma
Ben Ignacia
Gallup
Elizabeth Andrew Houser
Santa Monica
Brentwood
Los Angeles
Theda Bassman
Red Rock
Red Rock Museum
Bassman
Michael
Palm Desert
Calif
Houser
Bassmans
Beverly Hills
John Kennedy
Red Rock State Park
Martin Link
Link
Santo Domingo
J B Tanner Trading Co Navajo Rug Auction Ad
J B Tanner Trading Co announces a Navajo rug auction Friday at 2:00 PM in the Merald Room of the Shalimar Quality Inn Showroom open 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM for viewing. For information call 863-9675 or 863-5855. Auctioneer Herman Coffey.
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Mando Torrez
P-Joy
Codor Hills Plaza
By Neil Thompson
Lynn Bartels
Don Tanner
Little Bear's Trading Co
North Hwy
Gallup 1
Sia
Elks Lodge
Dan Murphy
Theda
Michael Bassman
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Recreational Resources Department
Window Rock
Gallup Indians
Memphis
National In Sports
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Dialogue. Org
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Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLO
Byzanton
Maine
Dukes
Los Angeles Dodgers
Albuquerque Dukes
Leisure
ASB
Windows Rock
Fort Defiancée
Ganado
Togei
Navajo
Twin Lakes
Tse Bonito
FBI
Navajo Tribal Police
J.B. Tanner Trading CO
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