Navajo advisory group urges orientation for new council
An advisory panel chaired by Peterson Zah recommends comprehensive orientation for Navajo tribal counselors taking office in January. The session is set for January 10 to 14 at Navajo Community College, part of broader efforts to reshape tribal government into three branches. The panel will review governance functions, legal issues, water rights, and the council’s power balance, with final recommendations due December 24.
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Kathie Saltzstein Dindow
Rock
Navajo
Peterson Zah
Janay
Jack Jackson
Navajo Community College
Zah
Evel
Comraliies
Dee
Jackson
Beakibn
Peter Deawood Jr
Nine days till Christmas for Monica Banteah
Monica Joy Banteah, a bright eyed 3 year old, hopes Santa fills her wish for a Strawberry Shortcake bicycle. She is the daughter of Alvin and Brenda Banteah.
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Monica Joy Banteah
Santa
Merry Old Elf
Monica
Alvin
Brenda Banteah
Third grader daughter of Mariel and Raymond Yazzie
A third grader is identified as the daughter of Mariel and Raymond Yazzie of Church Rock, reflecting a personal detail mentioned in a local context.
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Mariel
Raymond Yazzie
Church Rock
Navajo Council Approves Development Bank Plan
The Navajo Tribal Council approved a resolution to establish a Development Bank with a task force to draft a charter and funding plan. Funds originate from mineral revenues and settlements and will back loans for housing, farming, livestock, and resource projects, with collateral like grazing permits and tribal enterprises.
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Kathie Saltzstein Cine Bureau
Rock
Navajo Tribal Council
Wednsday
Navajo Devekpment Bank
Daniel Deschinny
Divison of Land Administration
Tribal Council
Central Loan Committee
Deschinny
Council
Office of Land Development
Department of Justice
Development Bank
Nibe
Council For Approv
Officials visit troubled hospital in Crownpoint
A four member panel from the U S Department of Health and Human Services finished a two day fact finding mission at the Indian Health Service Crownpoint facility. They interviewed more than a dozen employees and reviewed statements from petition signers while signaling forthcoming findings to be released later. The group also reported notifying U S Sen Pete Domenici and Navajo Health Improvement Services officials.
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Easton
Crownpoint
Indian Health Service
IHS
Servecy Sotea JS Directer
de Everett Ame
Washington
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Crownpoint Service
The
Dane
Webster Young
Tis
Palon Portage Maled Braddan Paya En
Department
U.S
Pete Domenici
R-Nm
Serces
Supreme Court Justice H. Pe Toey Anaya Proceedings Noon
An unclear AP style note reports a noon session conducted in the state House of Representatives with mention of Supreme Court Justice H. Pe Toey Anaya. The fragment lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes, making precise details hard to determine from the text.
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BLM may extend comment deadline for San Juan Basin plans
In Crownpoint New Mexico officials say a 30 day extension of the deadline for comments on proposed San Juan Basin projects may be in the offing. Open houses in the area drew about 70 Navajo participants who questioned project impacts including relocation and the status of coal development. The BLM oversees nearly two million acres in the Basin and aims to balance multiple use with sustained yield while presenting draft environmental impact statements on the New Mexico Generating Station regional coal development and Wilderness Study Areas.
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Crownpoint
San Juan Basin
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Holiday Inn
Gallup
New Mexico
New Mexico-Colorado Line
Navajo Reservation
State board plan pairs McKinley with San Juan counties
Santa Fe report: a proposed reapportionment would place McKinley and sunseto Counties with San Juan in a single state school board district if the 1983 Legislature adopts the plan approved by the Governor's Task on Reapportioning the State Board of Education. The nine-district map, backed by task force members, aims to allow Navajo voters better representation while facing tough legislative scrutiny. Current board members' terms expire in 1984. if adopted, the plan could reshape membership and districts, potentially ending some seats.
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Santa Fe Bureau
Santa FE
McKinley County
San Juan
State Board of Eduction
McKinley
Sunseto
Christine Donisthorpe
State Schoo Board
Legislative Education Study Committee
Warner
Bra
Peciees Wala
Coomstock
Millie Pogna
Albuquerque
Grady Mayfield
Las Cruces
George Teel
Hope
Joe Romero
Espanola
Teel
Lincoln
DeBaca
Chaves
Joey Cones
LSC
Waybenais challenges jurisdiction criticisms
Crownpoint area legislators protest against extending Navajo police powers sparking a clash with Navajo police commander. Santa Fe reporters quote State Senate leaders arguing the issue, while Crownpoint official George Waybenals Jr. defends local patrols on U S 666 and sober driving enforcement amid disputed jurisdiction on Indian lands.
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Eastern Bureau
Crownpoint
Santa Fe
Senate
W. S. Eoff
R-Mckinley
U.S. 666
Jack
San Juan
Boff
George M. Waybenals Jr
Sineer Sta Ui Pa
Hat Road
Wales
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