Navajo Council bid to return to 88 fails in Council vote
Window Rock An effort led by Kee Yazzie Mann to set a 2012 special election for 88 council seats to be seated in 2014 failed 855 to vote at a special session. Supporters cited people’s choice and concerns about the structure. Council delegates and drummer Edmund Yazzie urged defeat with musical reference.
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Window Rock
Navajo Nation Council
Kee Yazzie Mann
Mann
Larry Anderson
Edmund Yazzie
Council
Shadow Remain
Deadly midnight shooting outside Klagetoh Apartments
Gallup police investigated a fatal shooting on Klagetoh Street near the Klagetoh Apartments. Warren Shirley, 39, of Window Rock, was found dead after a fight erupted following a reported pickup with several men arriving moments earlier. An autopsy will determine the cause of death as investigators continue the case.
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Gallup
Klagetoh Apartments
Klagetoh Street
Gallup Police Department
Warren Shirley
Window Rock
John Allen
E-mail Lottery Scam Hits Navajo Nation Again
McKinley County Investigator Albert Benally reports rural residents have received emails claiming they won an overseas lottery and will get a bank draft for 2 000 to 3 000 dollars. Victims are to cash the check, keep 10 percent, and send 90 percent to a Farmington post office box, with promises of 500 000 to 1 million dollars upon later checks.
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Gallup
McKinley
Albert Benally
Farmington
True Grit scene features Navajo Choctaw rider Chapito
Reporter notes Richard Reyes reports Dempsey Chapito of Tseyatoh appears in a True Grit scene as a Choctaw Indian rider. Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross pursue the killer. They encounter a dead body they misidentify, per page nine coverage.
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Jeff Bridges
Hailee
Intel
Dempsey Chapito
Tseyatoh
True Grit
Chapito
Rooster Cogburn
Cengy Tenns
Bridges
Mattie Ross
Y Steinfeld
Protesting crowd greets Navajo Council discussions on reforms
A small but vocal group gathered Wednesday morning outside the Navajo Nation Council Chamber to condemn proposed legislation that would expand the council and remove the Attorney General and Deputy AG. Mervyn Tilden of Churchrock warned of consequences if leaders ignore Diné guidance, urging council to reduce size and repay funds.
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Navajo Nation Council Chamber
Mervyn Tilden
Churchrock
Navajo Nation
Tilden
Charlotte Yazzie
Tohatchi
Shiprock man arrested in shooting case
A Shiprock man was arrested in a fatal shooting linked to a night of drinking that left 28 year old Allen Ashike dead early on December 17. The Navajo Nation Police report states officers were alerted just before 1:30 am to a shooting at 10 Mesa View House.
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Shiprock
Allen Ashike
Mesa View House
Jennifer Gonnle
Rory
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Diné
Richard ‘Reyes
Uce
Reed
Capito
Brian
Leddy
Pitt
Norman Patrick Brown
Francis Redhouse
Michael Sullivan
Dalvna Castellano
Lee
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