Navajo Budget Panel Pushes for Navajo Liaisons in D C Lobbying Firm
WINDOW ROCK Ariz The Navajo Nation Budget and Finance Committee debated Miner Fraser and Gabriel Public Affairs Inc contract for 274840 in interim legislative lobbying services in Washington DC covering Feb 13 1987 to Sept 30 1987 The panel urged Navajo names and training for lobbyists and questioned 175 hourly rates for four lobbyists while approving 15000 for Red Willow irrigation repair and 10654 for Navajo Veterans Affairs position and noting re opening of the Navajo Washington office this fall
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Window Rock, Ariz
Navajo Tribe
Washington, D.C
Navajo Nation
Miner, Fraser and Gabriel Public Affairs, Inc
Washington
Fice
Samual Yazzie
Wheatfields Council
Yazzie
Miner
Fraser & Gabriel
Commission
Fraser
Gabriel
Virgil Kirk
Shiprock Council
Bob Hope
Red Willow
Tohatchi
Office of
Navajo Veterans Affairs
Navajo Nation PIT Tax Debate on Coal Lease Value
Betty Reid reports on a Navajo Nation dispute over a 3 percent possessory tax on lease value for coal supplies. Key figures include Peter MacDonald and Dan Israel as the case seeks court review of tribal powers to impose PIT on energy firms amid questions over site authority and tribal authority limits.
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Betty
Reid Dino
Peter MacDonald
Sidney plans Indian mission to Honduras
Hopi tribal Chairman Ivan Sidney proposes sending a delegation of American Indian tribal leaders to Honduras this summer to learn about Miskito Indian refugees from Nicaragua. He accompanied Gov. Evan Mecham on a Central America tour, and a federal funding decision remains uncertain.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ivan Sidney
Honduras
Nicaragua
Sidney
Evan Mecham
Central America
Mescalero cries unfair over water rights dispute
Mescalero Apache Tribal President Wendell Chino says it is unfair for New Mexico to support two counties in the Hondo Valley water rights dispute. He notes the tribe is a state citizen and seeks equal treatment, citing about $1 million already spent by the state and criticizing officials who approved an additional $75,000 for the counties.
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Mescalero, N.M
Wendell Chino
Hondo Valley
State of New Mexico
Chino
Garvey
Carruthers
No serious complaints about UNM Gallup visit
UNM official Dr. Ignacio Cordova met with about 27 students and faculty Wednesday at Gallup and said he heard no serious complaints or concerns about the Gallup branch. He plans follow up talks and will share concerns with UNM academic affairs head Dr. Chris Garcia after gathering firsthand input.
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Sue Riniker
Gallup
University of New Mexico
Ignacio Cordova
Cordova
UNM Gallup
John Phillips
UNM
Chris Garcia
Phillips
Cordova's
Kachina dolls spark Hopi outrage over fakes and marks
Hopi officials and artists protest flood of imitation kachina dolls sold as Hopi. Chairman Ivan Sidney plans marks or legislation to separate Hopi made carvings from Navajo Mexican and Anglo fakes. He urges education of stores and public to stop duplications of Hopi sacred dolls.
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Patricia Guthrie
Kykotsmovi
Ariz
Ivan Sidney
Herman Lewis
First Mesa
Lewis
Polacca
Clara Honyumptewa
Senate OKs 30 Million for Navajo Mine Funds Release
The U S Senate approved a bill releasing 30 million dollars from abandoned mine land funds to the Navajo Nation. The measure awaits House and presidential action and aims to reclaim old, health hazards on the reservation. Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald called the move a major victory. Senate supporters Dennis DeConcini and Interior Department rules on royalty calculations are noted as part of the bill.
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Window Rock
Ariz
U.S. Senate
Peter MacDonald
MacDonald
Interior
Donald Hodel
House
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
Senate
Navajo Housing Authority on brink of premier status
Rock Arizona coverage reports Navajo Housing Authority nearing premier housing authority status in the nation. HUD official Raphael Mecham lauds recovery after past misuses, noting 150 units dedicated with speeches by Navajo leaders. Two years ago funding lapses improved to a zero back payment balance at Ojo Amarillo. plans call for 500 more units and further funding to address a shortage of safe affordable housing for Navajo families.
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Mecham
Peter MacDonald
Navajo Housing Authority
John Chapela
NHA
Housing Authority
MacDonald
Independent
Chapela
Ojo Amarillo
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Arizona
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San Francisco
Amos Poocha
Poocha
Beverly Shilling
OB Enterprises
Harlene O'Neil
Kachinas
Jayne
Bruce Bowman
Oks
Abandoned Mine Land Fund
Feree
DeConcini
Interior Department
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