Nine Month Home on Navajo Reservation Dormitories
This installment examines Navajo children in BIA dormitories and boarding schools, quoting parents and experts. It notes dropout rates, safety concerns near schools, and the clash between boarding school culture and Navajo values, with commentary from Dr. Anne M. Smith and Dr. Robert Bergman on education and self image.
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Gallup Independent Co
Gallup Independent News
BIA
Ramah
New Mexico
Anne M. Smith
Robert Bergman
Navajo
George E. Bock
U. S. Whils
Health Service
Delay in Case Not Explained Between Mitchell and Navajo Tribe
Ted Mitchells lawyer Jeremy Butler says no reason given for the postponement of the U S District Court case in Phoenix. Trial set originally for December 27 now pushed to January 14 as judges order silence and a preliminary injunction seeks access to the reservation. Mitchell alleges civil rights violations after being barred from the Navajo Reservation last August following a remark at a Tribal Council meeting.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ted Mitchell
Mitchell
U.S. District Court
Jeremy Butler
U.S. Dist
Walter Craig
Butler
Annie Wauneka
Rosary Planned For G. Silva In Gallup
Rosary will be recited tonight at 8 in Rollie Mortuary for Gil bert Silva 64 of Coal Basin killed in a head-on collision near Farmington Friday. Mass will be said Tuesday at 9 a.m. in St Francis Church with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Rollie
Gilbert Silva
Coal Basin
Farmington
St. Francis Catholic Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Silva
Gallup
and Paul
Albuugerque
Dicky
Arthur
Gerald
Ralph
Gusty Silva
Gerald Martinez
Drugged Children Improve After Overdose in Crownpoint
Five Goss children Celia 12 Ellen 11 Nita 8 Will 6 and Nora 45 were rushed to Albuquerque hospitals Friday for an apparent barbiturate overdose. State Police investigate how the drugs were obtained while Mrs Goss was hospitalized Saturday for emotional distress.
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Albuquerque
Floyd Goss
Crownpoint
Celia
Ellen
Nita
Will
Nora
Thirty four girls enter Make It Yourself With Wool contest
Thirty four girls will compete January 4 in Artesia New Mexico in the Make It Yourself With Wool contest. Senior and junior division winners receive expense paid trips to San Francisco to compete in the national contest January 16.
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Artesia
Mexico
San Francisco
Suspect Wanted by FBI Captured by City Police
City police detained Norris Taylor Jones 22 of Dallas who was found riding in a car stopped for a routine license check. FBI Dallas confirms Jones is wanted for interstate shipment theft and he is held at the city jail awaiting disposition. Other weekend police notes include assault vandalism a parakeet transport case and a rock thrown at a state revenue office with no entry gained or losses reported.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
West
U.S
National Crime Information Service
Norris Taylor
Las
David Underwood
Jones
FBI
Dallas
Santa Fe Railway
Irene Mercale
Curtis, Sr
Miss Mercale
Frank Carley
Carley
State Bureau of Revenue District
Hardin Services Slated Tuesday in Thoreau
Hardin 73 of Thoreau dies Saturday in Santa Fe Hospital Albuquerque. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. Rollie Mortuary with Masonic graveside rites at Hillcrest. Survived by widow Katie and two sisters. Pallbearers named. He was World War I veteran and retired Santa Fe Railway foreman.
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Clay
Hardin
Thoreau
Santa. Fe
Albuquerque
Rollie
Hillcrest
Post
Tex
Masonic Lodge
Santa Fe Railway Co
Katie
Roy Elkis
Snyder
Audrey
Kinney
Long Beach
Calif
Lawrence Elkins
Bill
Denton
Charles Bass
Ed Malone
Harold Dicker
A. J. Mahler
Graveside services planned for two brothers in Lebanon
Emergency notice states at 10 30 a m Tuesday December 31 a graveside service will be conducted for brothers Tommy Ferguson and W C Hardin at the Masonic Hall in Lodge No 22 Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Masonic ™ Hall
Tommy
Tribal Council Delegate Picked for Navajo Seat
Roy Huskey won a Navajo Tribal Council seat in a special election with 65 votes to Ed White's 46. He will sit at the next meeting on January 14 to fill the vacancy created when Alien Yazzie resigned in October at the Forest Lake chapter in Window Rock Arizona.
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Rock, Ariz
Roy Huskey
White
Huskey
Forest Lake
Yazzie
Peace Talks Deadlock Pushes Conference Past New Year
Paris AP report says Hanoi and U.S. diplomats expect no talks before 1969 begins. Ground rules delay stalls the parley originally due to open two months ago, with no major progress anticipated before Nixon assumes office January 20. A Vance-Lau meeting is not scheduled, but a private session could still occur.
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Paris
Hanoi
Nixon
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Ha van Lau
Ferguson Rites Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for William T. Ferguson 62 will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Rollie Mortuary with Masonic graveside rites at Sunset Memorial Park. He owned the Turquoise Shop in Ferguson and had lived in Galivy for 14 years. Born December 10, 1905 in Ardmore Oklahoma, he was a member of multiple Masonic and Elks organizations. Survived by widow Lilia, son William T. Ferguson Jr, daughter Mrs. Michael O Mahony, four sisters and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers to be chosen from the Masonic Lodge.
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Rollie Mortuary
William T. Ferguson
E. Hill
Rehoboth Christian Hospital
Sunset Memorial Park
Turquoise Shop
W. 66 Ave
Ferguson
Galivy
Ardmore
Oklo
Elks Lodge
Lebanon
Ballut Abyad Temple
Baldwyn’ Commandry
Scottish Rites
Zuni Council
Masonic Lodge
Lilia
William .T. Ferguson Jr
Grass Valley
Calif
Michael O'Mahony
Tucson
Ariz
San Antonio
Tex
Golda
Priatt
Claudia Whitten
Lilly Pate
Amarillo
Severt
Masonic’ Lodge
Pat Nugent Holiday at Red River Ski Resort
Mrs. Pat Nugent daughter of President Johnson spends several days at Red River ski resort with her young son. This marks the third consecutive year she has celebrated part of the Christmas holiday season there.
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Red River
Pat Nugent
President Johnson
Elks Club New Years Eve Dance Menu Report
An Elks notice lists a purple badge member event titled New Year s Eve with a big dance. The description mentions a break bacon ham and pork chops and eggs meal. No guests are noted.
Israel Promises Further Retaliation After Beirut Raid
Israel vows more retaliation against Arab attacks after Sunday raid on Beirut airport. Premier Levi Eshkol and UN envoy Rosenne blame the attackers and promise defense where planned. US condemns attack and weighs Security Council action while Lebanon seeks help to restore civil air service.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
United Nations
Shabtai Rosenne
el al
Athens
Lebanon
UN Security’ Council
U.S
J.R. Wiggins
Council
Security Council
Washington
Walt W. Rostow
Regrena le
Johnson
Rostow
United States
Middle East
Dwight” Porter
Abdullah Yafi
Edward Ghorra
UN Security Council
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Ramah High School
Albuquerque Indian ‘School
Gallup - McKinley
Courtty School Board
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Rosary
G. Silva
Gallup High
GHS
Tribal Council
Selks
Luci Nugent
ELKS
Lions ‘Club
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