Dentists On Navajo Reservation Now Attract Patients By Access, Not Music
Dentists on the Navajo Reservation no longer lure patients with piano tunes as Dr. Louis Fisher did in the 1920s. Today the main challenge is a backlog of patients many of whom have never seen a dentist or visit regularly. Dr. Jim Johnson, chief of dental services for the Gallup Unit of the Indian Health Service, notes rising interest in comprehensive care among 150000 Navajos, while transportation and distance hinder access. The Gallup clinic operates 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday with an emergency area, yet winter mud and impassable dirt roads complicate visits.
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Bonnie Meyer
Gallup
Louis Fisher
Jim Johnson
Indian Health Service
Niels Eskelund
Fisher
Johnson
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Dentists Restore Navajo Teeth Across Remote Clinics
Johnson describes a growing Indian Health Service dental program serving the Navajo Nation with 24 hour emergency access, seven chairs, and rotating specialty focus. The Gallup clinic trains new dentists, treats baby bottle mouth, saves teeth, and expands care to To hatch chi Fort Wingate and Sanders while stressing prevention and family scheduling.
Standing Rock forms task force on coal plant and mine
Standing Rock Indians form a 12 member task force to study a proposed tribally owned coal fired generating station and coal mine. The panel will meet to select officers and aims to include community members rather than only officials and organization reps.
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Neil Thompson
Eastern Bureau
Standing Rock
Community Action Committee
Clinton Jim
Jim
Juan Causas
Nancy Tso
Jennie Bradley
Cecil Largo
Guy Silago
Frank Hannah
Sam Silago
Cecil Smith
Allen Nez
Sam Billy
Mike Tso
Walter Peshlakai
Navajo Tribal Council
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Art Arviso
Crownpoint Energy Impact Study
Navajo women lawyers vow police riot evidence at trial
Four Navajo women on trial in a federal court in PINON face charges after a September clash with Bureau of Indian Affairs police guarding a fence project on the Navajo Hopi border. Their attorney Michael Stuhff said jurors would hear of a police over reaction during what he called a peaceful protest. The defendants include 52 year old Alice Benally and her three daughters who oppose a congress approved relocation program tied to the border dispute.
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Pinon
Big Mountain
Michael Stuhff
Stulff
Alice Benally
United States Congress
Washington, D.C
Benally
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Governor grants 60 day reprieve for UNC discharge plan
Governor Bruce King extended United Nuclear Corp 60 days to prove a satisfactory ground water discharge plan for its Church Rock uranium mill. The extension delays closure, citing economics and 600 workers plus a $1.13 million monthly payroll, while UNC cooperates with the Health and Environment Department to resolve the issue.
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Santa Fe
Bruce King
United Nuclear Corp
Church Rock
UNC
King
State Environmental Improvement Division
EID
Tom Baca
United Nuclear Corporation
Keith Cunningham
State Health and Environment Department
Albuquerque
HED
George Goldstein
Bill Giron
Phoenix
Armed robber strikes again in Gallup hits at 7 24 a.m.
Keith James, 30, cashing a check at Ted's 7 11 on West Maloney Ave was threatened with a knife by a Mexican male burglar who fled with 300 dollars. This was the third in three days in Gallup with two earlier hold-ups at Fox Photo booth Zecca Plaza and a St Michaels Arizona couple. Police also investigated a $175 locker room theft at Gallup High School and arrested Jerry Johnson on a warrant for assault and battery.
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Gallup
Chureck Rock
Keith James
Ted
W. Maloney Ave
Donald Padilla
Fox
Zecca Plaza
St. Michaels, Ariz
Gallup High School South Campus
Iran Problems and A Conservative Congress Insight
Satirist Russell Baker envisions a significant year in a conservative Congress with probes into many topics. The windowed notices include college courses, sports results, a New Mexico Supreme Court ruling on inmate injuries, and a discussion of body and soul beliefs.
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Iran
Russell Baker
Relocation Commission to pay bills with GSA shift
The Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission approved negotiating with the General Services Administration to handle administrative and fiscal service agreements. The move aims to ease cash flow, as the agency has faced delays paying vendors and purchases under Interior. Election of 1981 officers followed, with Roger Lewis as chairman and Hawley Atkinson as vice chairman. A Jan 29 Phoenix meeting will consider life estate regulations for relocatees and a plan to pool funds for housing purchases. The Hopi Tribe chapter was delayed in delivery to Congress.
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Flagstaff
Ari
U.S. Department of Interior
Goodrich
Commission
GSA
NHIRC
Department of Interior
Interior
Pew
Roger Lewis
Northern Arizona University
Rep
Morris
Udall
D-Ariz
Phoenix
Sandra Massetty
Hawley Atkinson
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
Sun City
Ariz
Paul Tessler
Office of Relocation Operations and Advisory Services
Atkinson
Congress
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