20 Dec 1995
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Newspaper
New Mexico Gallup Independent
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1995
Page
1
Navajo Nation President Albert Hale argues that 60 percent of tribal income should reach communities, not 40 percent, via the Local Empowerment Act of 1995. The plan, to become Title 26 of the Navajo Tribal Code, aims to shift funds within Navajo governance while avoiding cuts to federal personnel.
Empowerment session set for 10 a.m. to consider the draft Local Governance Act, transferring funds and authority from the central Navajo government to 110 chapters. Ethics committee approved the agenda. council will discuss the act first, outlining chapters as units of local government with sovereignty affirmed by treaty.
The Navajo Nation Department of Behavioral Health Services will not renew contracts for six private nonprofit counseling centers serving Navajo youths with substance abuse issues. Centers facing closure include Crownpoint Youth and Families Intervention Center Torreon Counseling Service Eastern McKinley Counseling Service Central Chuska Recovery and Aftercare Center Lake Powell Institute and the Window Rock School District Substance Abuse Counseling Office. Funding, under PL 99-570 via Indian Health Services, expires December 31.
Window Rock reports Kee Smith was found dead Friday in a remote Elk Horn canyon near Montezuma Creek Utah after an alcohol fueled dispute with five unknown men. Navajo Police Chief Leonard Butler said the death is considered a homicide pending autopsy results. Two suspects have been named but are not in custody.
Navajo EPA official Jaye Johns announced a new mobile recycling trailer at Bashas supermarket in Window Rock open Monday to Saturday 9 am to 5 pm. The trailer accepts aluminum cans newspapers cardboard copper and scrap metal with on the spot cash payments. Tribes hope schools departments and local businesses join in to collect recyclables and fund projects.
A reclaimed uranium site near Tuba City, Arizona, serves as a hands on chemistry classroom for students from Tuba City High School and Navajo Community College. Teachers say the site offers real data collection and expert talks while emphasizing safety and EPA air quality standards. The UMTRA project began tailings stabilization in 1990 and now tackles groundwater cleanup with wells vegetation and a greenhouse. Three chemistry classes recently assisted University of Arizona researchers in gathering data for a dust control barrier to protect the disposal cell.
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