Hale hears Burnham gas pipeline concerns
Navajo Nation leaders attended part of chapter meetings in the New Mexico area to hear opposition and support for an El Paso Natural Gas pipeline on Navajo land. The line crosses NM 371 through the Bisti and Burnham chapters and ties the Chaco plant to Window Rock. Residents and workers have raised wage, payment, environmental, safety, and site desecration complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Malcolm Brenner
Burnham
el Paso
Albert Hale
Thomas Atcitty
Ter
Newcomb
Bisti, Huerfano and
KPNG
Chaco
Window Rock
Navajo
Farmington
4 Four, Inc
Hale
Malcolm Brenner
James Ashike
Burnham Council
Gelegate
Wallace Davis
Navajos win federal grant to study on reservation gangs
Navajo Nation becomes the first Indian community to receive federal funding for a gang study on a reservation. The $125,000 grant from the Justice Department supports a Navajo Nation Judicial Branch project led by solicitor James Zion, aiming to assess gang activity with formal research rather than anecdotal police reports. The effort follows a national DOJ initiative, with Ft. Defiance cited as a key study area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Window Rock
Ariz
United States
U. S. Department of Justice
Minnesota
James Zion
Navajo Nation Judicial Branch
Zion
Ft. Defiance
Department of Justice
Non-Indians Take Part in Sha lak o Dances in Zuni
Staff writer reports during Sha Lak O five day ceremony non Indians visited several Sha Lak O houses. A Caucasian reporter toured five of seven masked dwellings amid the publicized ban and saw non Zunis inside four homes on the first night. Houses are rebuilt or remodeled for the event and the story notes participants and hosts such as Albert Peywa Si Harvey Johnson Carlton Albert David Wyaco and Jayed Jack Peynitsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sha‘lak
Independent
Albert Peywa
Harvey Johnson
Carlton Albert
David Wyaco
Jayed
Jack” Peynitsa
Hopis Map Clear Education Vision After Summit
About 400 people gathered at the Hopi Education Summit to envision a unified plan for Hopi schools. The two day event produced comments for the Hopi Board of Education with a report by a hired consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wicoff
Western Bureau
Keams Canyon
Ariz
Hopi Board of Education
HBE
Ivan Sidney
Cedar
Tuba City
Summit
No break in jail decision stalls Gallup joint complex
Gallup officials will not evict the police station or remodel the Boardman Judicial Complex. County Commissioner Sharon Richards urged scrapping the plan, saying the jail cannot be salvaged. A special meeting with the City Council considered the July 1 1996 handover and lease terms for the rest of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
County Commission
Sharon Richards
Boardman Judicial Complex
Gallup divers inspect four million gallon city tanks
Joseph Ansley and Tim Talley surveyed a four million gallon water tank on Gallup hilltop as part of a ten tank inspection tour. They described the dive process, disinfection, and underwater testing to avoid draining the city’s water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Potter
Joseph Ansley
Tim Talley
Gallup
Sayeek i
Ansley
Talley
Tank
Phil‘pin
Grandview
Avenues
D and R Tank Go., Inc
Albuquerque
Aisy
Butte
Groups form to support Gordon House in appeal
The Southwest Organizing Project and allied groups formed the Justice for Gordon House Committee to collect petitions and press for House's release from jail during his appeal. Michael Leon Guerrero of SWOP asserts the effort shows public backing despite perceived persecution in recent New Mexico history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
The
Southwest Organizing Project
Justice For Gordon House Committee
House
Gordon House
Michael Leon Guerrero
SWOP
Cravens
Guerrero
New Mexico
Melanie Cravens
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Kristen Davenport
Cine Bureau
Shiprock
Crownpoint
Christine Barber
Thoreau
S Point
St. Micheal’s Chapter House
Chisska
Matcatm
Burnham Chap‘ter
Tonia Tsosie
Angela Benally
Bisti
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