Trader revitalizes Germantown yarn weaving in Navajo rugs
Bruce Burnham, a longtime trader in Sanders Arizona, revives Germantown yarn once used by Navajo weavers from 1863 to 1905. The Germantown Renaissance brings vivid colors and nontraditional patterns, attracting collectors as Burnham explains trader duties and weaving artistry. The project follows earlier New Lands Outline rugs and aims to boost weavers’ livelihoods.
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Germantown
Sance
Burnham
Bosque Redondo
Saltillo
Mexico
Bruce. Burnham
R. B Burnham & Co
Sanders
Two Children Drown At Toyei Sewage Pond
Diné Bureau reports two Toyei residents, a 9 year old boy and an 8 year old girl, died after falling through ice at a sewage treatment pond near the Navajo Law Enforcement Training Academy. Police say the gate was locked and the children possibly squeezed between a gate and fence post. Tse Bonito Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Jim Maniaci
Window Rock
Navajo Law Enforcement Training Academy
Toyei
Tse Bonito Mortuary
Gary
LaVerne Williams
Leon
Ard Butler
Matthew Duran
Duran
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal panel weighs allocating burial sites on Navajo Reservation
Navajo residents have long battled burial site shortages. The Resources Committee approved a resolution urging each community to designate a cemetery area within its boundaries. Elders resist cemeteries near traditional lands, complicating policy creation. See Tribal panel, page 2.
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Gallup
Navajo Reservation
Tribe
Navajos Seek More U S Funds For Cops In Albuquerque Meet
A three member Navajo Nation delegation will meet with the BIA’s top law enforcement official in Albuquerque to press for more federal funds for the reservation police. About 20 million dollars is at stake with up to a third going to Navajo police. officials say current funding under current formulas shortchanges the tribe. The delegation cites staffing needs and compares allocations to HUD practices, noting potential gains if funds were distributed by population and area served.
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Window Rock
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Albuquerque
Navajo Division of Public Safety
Herb Clai
Public Safety Committee
Edison Wauneka
Thomas Ranger
Kelsey Begaye
Clair
Ted Quasilla
BIA
Office of Law Enforcement
Freddie Howard
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Howard
Navajo Department of Law Enforcement
Hopi man sues over power plant hiring bias goes forward
The Supreme Court refused to halt a lawsuit by Hopi Harold Dawavendewa alleging Navajo Generating Station on the Navajo reservation discriminated by not hiring him for being Hopi. The 9th Circuit ruled that tribal hiring preferences may violate Title VII unless limited to enrolled tribal members, prompting further legal debate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arizona
Navajo
Clinton
Salt River Project
Dawavendewa
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
Salt River District
9Th Circuit
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
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Nancy Watson
Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Association
Caleb Kennafind
Caleb Kennafinde Pennt
Jennie Slick
R.B. Burnham & Co
Alvin Trujillo
Division of Natural Resources
U.S
Hopi Man
Nicole Goodhue
Jessica Chee
Danica Allaround
Pinedale
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