Hopi eagle gathering stays on aboriginal lands
Hopi Chairman Ferrell Secakuku says Hopis will continue gathering eagles at traditional sites on land now within the Navajo Nation. He cites decades of practice, insists they are not leaving Navajo lands, and argues eagle populations remain generally healthy per US Fish and Wildlife data.
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Kykotsmovi
Ariz
Navajo Reservation
Ferrell Secakuku
Peterson Zah
O ’ Secakuku
Zah
Zahh
Secakuku
All Man Secakuku
U.S. Fish and Wild
Alcohol or migraine blamed in Gordon House crash trial
Attorneys in the Gordon House vehicular homicide trial urged jurors to decide if alcohol or a migraine caused the Christmas Eve 1992 crash that killed an Albuquerque woman and her three daughters. Jurors deliberated about an hour and a half, then paused to resume today.
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Gordon House
House
Alan Rackstraw
Ray
Twohig
Albuquerque
Lawsuit Aims to Stop Zuni Mountain Road Widening
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center and Zuni Mountain Coalition filed suit in U S District Court against the Forest Service alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act the National Forest Management Act and the National Historic Preservation Act by not conducting an environmental impact statement before widening 56 miles of Forest Roads 49 and 50 in the Cibola National Forest southwest of Grants The plaintiffs say development would affect nearly 100 000 acres of private land while Forest Service officials say water and utilities limits will restrain growth and demand persists only modestly.
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New Mexico Environmental Law
Center
U.S
The
Forest Service
National Environmental Policy Act
Zuni Mountains
Denis Dixon
Zuni Mountain Coalition
Forest Roads 49
Cibola National Forest
Grants Forest Service
Cheryl Clark
Forest Road 50
Forest Road 43
Clark Sai
Protest at Navajo Forest Products over NFPI woes
Former NFPI workers rallied outside Navajo Nation Council Chambers in Window Rock Arizona to demand action from President Zach and the council. Protesters, including families, urged removal of management and highlighted layoffs since 1991 and use of Wagner truckers for timber haulage.
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Tamara Viles
Indepenucea
Christopher Wauneka
Donovan
Tamara Ramone
Navajo Forest Products
Navajo Nation Council
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo
NEPI
NFPI
Spt
Alverno Tsosie
Navajo Police Department
Edison Sorrells
Tsosie
Peterson Zach
Darwin Blackgoat
N.M
Zach
Blackgoat
Wagner
Francis Wanneka, Jr
Edward Richards
Norm Blrtcher
Feds to strengthen prosecution of Navajo violent crimes
WINDOW ROCK Ariz US Attorneys in New Mexico and Arizona plan stepped up federal prosecutions of violent crimes on the Navajo Reservation. John Kelly says violent crime is rising on reservations and seeks more FBI Navajo coordination and six additional prosecutors to handle 100 to 200 cases with a new department dedicated solely to violent crime. Patterson Joe notes jurisdiction gaps and past limited federal help.
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Window Rock
Ariz
New Mexico
Arizona
John Kelly
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Patterson Joe
Navajo Nation
Kelly
U. Attorney’s Office
Albuquerque
Fire chiefs press aid concerns in Gallup meeting
McKinley County fire chiefs voiced worry over mutual aid and a $300000 city loan for a 75 foot ladder truck at a county commission meeting. Chiefs fear using fire excise tax funds for city equipment could recur, while city plans to fund the truck with state aid are described as moot.
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Gallup
McKinley County
August Martin
S of Gallup
Res
Mike Lovato
Lovato
Vanderwagen
George Haight
Haight
Bluewater Fire
Ray Garinger
Garinger
Harry Mendoza
Mendoza
Independent
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