Justice on trial: Cadman faces removal from Navajo Supreme Court
The Navajo Nation Council Judiciary Committee plans a public hearing at 10 am in the Budget and Finance Conference Room to consider removing Supreme Court Justice Wayne Cadman Sr. for malfeasance in office and neglect of duty. If recommended, Cadman may present evidence and a Council vote could occur as early as January.
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Window Rock
Navajo Nation Council
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Wayne Cadman Sr
Cadman
Budget and Finance Committee
Council
University of New Mexico, School of Law
Robert Yazzie
Austin
Wayne Cadman
Yazzie
Navajo Nation Judiciary Committee
Navajo’ Supreme Court
Justice Cadman
Carol Perry
Navajo Supreme Court
Perry
University of Michigan Law School
Kenneth L. Begay
LeNora Fulton
Elmer
Milford
Edison J. Wauneka
Wauneka
United States
Becenti and county reform on grand jury probe
McKinley County Sheriff's Association seeks to add County Commission Chairman Earnest Becenti to a pending grand jury investigation. They want the grand jury to probe the McKinley County Adult Detention Center and related issues including a 1997 death and sexual harassment claims, saying past knowledge was hidden by Forrest Buffington.
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Gallup
McKinley County Sheriff's Association
Earnest Becenti
Paul Fitzferrell
McKinley County
Independent
Forrest Buffington
Navajo may require law degrees for judges in tribal courts
Navajo Supreme Court Justice Raymond D Austin says law degrees could become a prerequisite for Navajo judges as cases grow more complex. Only three of 17 Navajo judges hold law degrees, with salaries low and facilities aged, raising concerns over independence and recruitment.
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Window Rock
Navajo Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Navajo Nation
Raymond D. Austin
Austin
Arizona
Judicial Branch
Acoma taps gaming profits for housing for tribal members
Pueblo of Acoma plans safe affordable housing using casino revenue. Housing director Raymond Concho discusses building 29 units on the 10 by 20 mile reservation west of Albuquerque. Most units are finished and inhabited as the housing authority receives federal reimbursement after upfront tribal funding.
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Pueblo OF
Acoma
Albuquerque
Oo Concho
Sky City faces housing hurdles amid aging adobe village
Acoma Sky City on the edge of the Concho River hosts 300 year old dwellings with no electricity or running water and layered stone and adobe structures. PAHA director Concho and officials from NAIHC and American Banker tour the site to discuss waivers in government housing rules to protect the village while seeking funds from Sky City Casino, including a planned mud party to re-stucco the homes.
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Sky City
Concho
Pueblo of
Red Acoma
Chris Boesen
National Indian Housing Council
Washington, D.C
American Banker
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Community housing plan hinges on upfront funds
Concho says securing a million dollars in upfront money could be rolled into building more housing units. Securing land for a home is not a problem as prospective buyers need only receive approval from a See Acoma may tap, page 2.
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Concho
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Navajo Estates Volunteer Fire Department
Larry Allen
Allen
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Becenti
Grand Jury
Andrea Egger
Martin Salazar
Dine’ Bureau
National Judicial College
Reno
Nev
National Indian Justice Center
Petaluma
Calif
Court
Coldsport
Adam Harry
Don Tamminga
Rehoboth
McGaffey Lake
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