Stray dog woes grow on Navajo Nation shelter cuts
Budget reductions to the Navajo Nation animal control program have left five shelters reduced to two, with 11 staff layoffs. Packs of starving dogs bite residents and threaten children and the elderly, while 1997 bite reports reach about 7,000. A horse impounded as evidence was attacked by 13 dogs, and euthanization looms for all dogs under tribal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Watson
Rock
Navajo Nation
Indian Health Service
Mike Halona
Glenda Davis
Navajo Nation Veterinary Program
Halona
Navajo Nation Council
Justice Department
Fort Defiance
Kayenta
Kayenta Trading Post
Navajo Department of Law Enforcement
Christine Dale
Drunken driver blamed as propane tanker crash ties up road
Police said a drunken driver in a pickup slammed into a Chief Propane tanker on Navajo Route 41 near Kayenta, causing a 120 gallon gas leak and a one hour road closure. The tanker driver Ronald Shurlock and the other motorist were hospitalized. investigators from Navajo Environmental Protection Agency joined responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
Black Mesa
Route 41
Indian Health Service Hospital
Kayenta
Harrison Benally
Mile Post 2
Mile Post 1
Ronald Shurlock
Peabody Western Coal Company
JHS
Kayenta Fire Department
Navajo Environmental Protection” Agency
McKenzie seeks grassroot boost for RECA aid drive
Navajo Nation Vice President McKenzie calls for unity among reservation grassroot groups to back the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act effort. A Thursday meeting of RECA lobbyists and citizens aims to present testimony and data for a Congressional field hearing on Bill 1516, seeking compensation for radiation victims. John Fowler notes 950 workers with documented damage in Shiprock area. healing is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock
Navajo Nation
Taylor
McKenzie
RECA
Congress
Alexander Thorne
Western Navajo Recovery Group
Sional
John Fowler
Shiprock
Lee McKenzie
Hopi link bomb scare to Navajo land dispute
Hopi tribal headquarters evacuated after an 8 a.m. bomb threat. Officials say the threat may be tied to the Feb. 1 deadline for resisting Navajos who rejected relocation or lease deals. Hopi leaders urge nonviolent resolution and caution against outside violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kykotsmovi
Ariz
Hopiland
Wayne Taylor
Cedric Kuwaninvaya
Congress
Taylor
Kelsey
Begaye
Christopher Bavasi
Office of
Navajo and
Chinle center could abandon long term plan
WINDOW ROCK The Central Navajo Youth Corrections Center may not become a long term facility. Officials and supporters learned Thursday that federal and tribal leaders may reimpose the centers initial short term juvenile hall plan despite community wishes. The Public Safety Committee will meet next Friday after reviewing BIA talk in Albuquerque. If approved the complex becomes a duplicate of Tohatchi and Tuba City centers. if not, it remains a national pilot with Navajo cultural elements to aid youths. Proponents seek Janet Reno at a grand opening and argue the short term approach warehouses youths. Funding options will be outlined at the January 12-13 Albuquerque sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Window Rock
Central Navajo
Public Safety Committee
Navajo Nation Council
Albuquerque
Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Law Enforcement Office
Ted Quasula
BIA
Herb Clah
Navajo Division of Public Safety
Tohatchi
Tuba City
U.S
Janet Reno
Clair
Quasula
Clah
Navajo Nation
Kelsey Begaye
Southwest
Freddie Howard
Jon D. Colvin
Youth Center Board
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Navajo
Priou
S.J. Ludescher
Chinle Center
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