Navajos Kiowas Dominate All Indian Pow Wow Dance Winners
Frank Shepard reports the 4th annual All Indian Jays Pow Wow at the National Guard Armory over Memorial Day weekend drew 121 dancers in 12 categories, with total prizes around $3000. Rudy Bob and Rudy Shebola led men’s divisions. Ramona Roach and Melanie Mathews topped women’s categories. juniors and children also claimed titles, while various head staff and drum groups supported the event.
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Frank Shepard
Gallup
Flo Barton
National Guard ‘Armory
Barton
Rudy Bob
Tohatchi
Billy McClellan
Pawnee
Okla
Billy Wahnee
Tuba City
Rudy Shebola
Naziini
Aziz
Beverly DuPoint
Lawton
Oklo
Ramona Roach
Albuquerque
Sophie Koshiway
Salt Lake City
Charlie Eisenberger
Kayenta
Roderick Hill
Window Rock
Melanie Mathews
Mathews
Santa Clara
Eldon Johnson
Chinle
Kendra Joe
Montezuma Creek
Utah
James Reeder
Anadarko
Reeder
Dorothy Heap
Birds
Clayton
Bill Sunrise
Santo Domingo
Albu
Gallup approves runway extension plan at Gallup Municipal Airport
Gallup City Council gave the Airport Commission permission to extend the runway by about 1,500 feet at the Gallup Municipal Airport with land purchases west of the current strip. The project, estimated at 3 million dollars, would share costs 5 percent each from federal and state agencies, with the city using roughly 50 thousand dollars now and about 47 thousand more in reserve.
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Gallup
Airport Commission
Joe Danoff
Danoff
State Aviation Commission
Avidliop Administration
Bat Gallup
Doc Livingston
Frank Colaianni
Livingston
Tommy Hamilton
David Ruiz
Franklin Zecca
Arnold Hutchins
Herb Taylor
Council
Navajo Nation to gain $27 million for road projects this year
Navajo Tribe will receive about $27 million for road construction this year from the federal Highway Trust Fund. Twelve projects are planned across routes in the Western and Eastern Navajo Agencies, including paving, overlays, grading, drain work, and two bridge replacements near Farmington and Leupp.
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Navajo Tribal Council
BIA
Peterson Zach
Bird Springs
Fort Defiance
Pueblo Pintado
Torreon
Navajo Agency
Shiprock
Gallegos Wash
Navajo Indian Irrigation
Farmington
Frazier
Chinle
Lukachukai
Round Rock
Leupp
Birdsprings
Navajo
Indian Wells
Dilton
Sunrise Trading Post
Greasewood
Fort Defiance Agency
State and tribe clash over jurisdiction in hunting case
Albuquerque AP Attorney General Paul Bardacke says New Mexico should not have sued the Mescalero Apache over jurisdiction of non Indians hunting and fishing on the reservation. Nine years of costly litigation were cited as a major burden, with calls to shift toward negotiation and cooperation. Navajo Chairman Zah favors less litigation and notes a new intergovernmental relations office. Input from Hopi and Indian Law Center leaders discussed the broader implications of Indian and local government relations.
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Albuquerque
Paul Bardacke
State of New Mexico
Bardacke
New Mexico
Peterson Zah
Ivan Sidney
Zach
American Indian Law Center
Sam Deloria
Dozens Apply for Gallup City Manager Job
More than 40 candidates had applied by Friday afternoon for the Gallup city manager post. Applicants hail from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and other states, with many having municipal or government experience. The deadline includes postmarked June 3 resumes.
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Gallup
Frank Garcia
Garcia
Frank Colaianni
Paul McCollum
McCollum
Charles Esparza
To Colaianni
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
North Dakota
Louisiana
Nebraska
Politicking over judge appointment stirs McKinley San Juan districts
Gov. Tonay Anaya faces a politics driven judge nomination for the 11th Judicial District covering McKinley and San Juan counties. Critics warn appointments may reward campaign backers. the piece appears in Opinion page 2.
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Tonay Anaya
McKinley
San Juan Counties
Benallie case unresolved at Navajo Public Safety
Acting director of the Navajo Tribe's Division of Public Safety nears three months of suspension without pay after his tribal vehicle was seen at a Gallup nightclub. Attorney Larry Ruzow says a grievance hearing is set for June 30 but may be settled informally before then.
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Window Rock
Navajo Tribe
Division of Public Safety
Larry Benallie
Edward T. Begay
Benallie
Gallup
Begay
Larry Ruzow
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Valdis Joe
Kenneth Joe
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Tony Garcia
Laguna
Canyoncito, N.M
Southern Drum
Cornel Pewewardy
Ojo Encino Day School
Pewewardy
Wild
Kiowa Gourd Society
Paul Abeyta
Edwina Abeyta
Don Armstrong
By Lynn Bartels
U.S. 666
Toadleria
Shiprock Agency
Red Valley
Buffalo Pass
Chinle Agency
Pinon
Oraibi
Jeddito Junction
Bidahochee
Letitia Baldrige
White House
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Pal Joey's
Washington Park
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Pal Joey
Knoxville
Tenn
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Avid Price
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Southwest
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Vera Damon
C.B
E. Hiway
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