Navajo police snare bootleggers raid on New Year's Eve
Navajo police in Lukachukai Arizona raided three homes on New Year’s Eve as part of a 12th operation since September. Seven people face bootlegging charges after undercover buys and searches uncovered alcohol, a pellet gun, and a notebook listing buyers. Officers used a battering ram to force entry while a man inside declined to open. A summons will issue for Leo McKinley on possession of alcohol.
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Lukachukai
Ariz
Navajo
Chinle
Bureau of Indian ‘Affairs
Albuquerque
Leo McKinley
Y2K Passes Quietly Across Gallup and Navajo Nation
Staff writers report a calm New Year’s rollover as Gallup and the Navajo Nation faced no Y2K problems. Fire and police manned stations, fireworks lit the UNM Gallup campus, and Chinle Police District shifted to radio-only operations as 6,000 tribal employees and about 4,000 computers awaited the new century.
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University of New Mexico-Gallup
Window Rock
Tico Charlee
Evwyone
Charlee
Chinle
Division of Public Safety
RECA reform audit urged by Navajo Nation groups
Navajo Nation Budget and Finance Committee calls for an audit of RECA reform expenditures amid questions over 500000 paid to Washington lobbyists and consultants. Marion Martínez leads the RECA Working Group urging scrutiny of money spent, while Cooper Brown and lobbyists face opposition from RECA reform supporters.
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Washington, D.C
Phil Harrison
Wally Cummins
Cooper Brown
Congress
Uranium Radiation Victims Committee
Navajo Uranium Office
Shi
Navajo Uranium Committee
B&f
He Harrison
Cette
RECA
Martinez
Orin Hatch
Senate
House
Western States Coalition
Washington
Caro 5 Dent
Westentates Coalition
No Nation Council
Brown
Quiet New Year on Navajo Reservation Amid Security Measures
About 30 Navajo police including Chief Leonard Butler were on duty in Window Rock as Y2K precautions ran. A militia threat to blow up Navajo Dam and 3,000 rounds of ammunition found near Blue Canyon sparked warnings, while calls remained routine. A roadblock yielded 10 non alcohol related citations as fireworks lit the sky at midnight. The Y2K plan used 12 hour shifts over three days and ended New Year’s Day morning.
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Rock
Gallup
John Pena
Southside
Window Rock
Leonard Butler
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Navajo Dam
Blue Canyon
Clude
Route
Route 26
Apache County to pick voting machine winner January 18
Apache County supervisors will decide January 18 which firm wins a contract near four million dollars to supply 55 new voting machines with optical scanning. The Navajo Nation seeks more, but a census-led hold prevents new precincts. demonstrations by Election Systems and Software of Omaha and Global Elections Systems of Albuquerque will test their systems for Chapin Joe Shirley Tom White and David Brown.
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Jim Maniaci
Johns, Ariz
Apache County
Election ‘Systems
Omaha
Neb
Global Elections Systems of
Albuquerque
Joe Shirley
Chinle
Tom White
Canada
David Brown
St. Johns
Red Lake
Navajo Nation
Cie
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Tribe
Bill Donovan
Navajo Reservation
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Georgianna Whitney
Tohatchi
Nonabah Sam
Brimhall
NCI
Unm-Gallup
Nancy Watson
Lester Arthur Admire
Todd Aaron Joe Center
Todd
Mal Cort Tod
Rehoboth
Raquel Demetria
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