Seek stability Navajo bar told at annual conference
At Gallup Navajo Nation Bar Association annual conference, leaders urged a tribal constitution and stronger checks and balances. John Chapela said the people seek a stable government with jobs and contracts and want to vote on their system. The council has funded over 300000 for reform, and drafts of constitutions are in progress while the bar pushes to reclaim influence over tribal judges.
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Richard Sitts Dine
Gallup
Navajo Nation Bar Association
Window Rock
John Chapela
Chapela
Navajo Tribal Council
Bar Association
Bar
Association
Judicial Review Committee
Genevieve Chato
Paul Frye
DNA and
Navajo Justice Department
Albuquerque
Frye
Larry Ruzow
Ruzow
Apache County
Apache County Superior Court
Michael C. Nelson
Shiprock Children’s Court
Marilou Tso
Window Rock District Court
Peyote ceremony lights Navajo prayer gathering in Utah
Don Lattin reports from Aneth Navajo Nation Utah where Emerson Jackson blesses peyote powder forming sacramental balls for Terrance Tom and about 20 Native American Church members inside a large tepee on a Utah bluff. Participants ingest peyote, drink bitter tea, and experience midnight visions as chants, rattles, and drum accompany the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lattin
San Francisco Chronicle
Aneth
Utah
Emerson Jackson
Jackson
Terrance Tom
Peyote Ceremonies Prompt Legal Clash and Sacred Rite
In Oregon and California federal suits challenge peyote use by Native American Church members after the ten year span since religious rites were aided by law. A Fresno employment dispute centers on admitting peyote use in church ceremonies. A Saturday night ritual near Four Corners details the Half Moon Ceremony, its prayers, drum and rattle singing, and the social and spiritual facets of the practice.
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Peyote
U.S. Supreme Court
Oregon
Fresno
Calif
Jackson
Four Corners Monument
United States
Terrance Tom
Tom
Albuquerque
Downtown Protests Prompt Tax Money Debate
Residents and merchants in the downtown area voice objections to proposed tax funding. Citizens urge reconsideration of allocation while officials defend benefits to the district.
Temptation video scarce in Gallup stores
Gallup stores mostly refuse to stock The Last Temptation of Christ video. Only CIB Video at Cedar Hills plans to carry it June 29 amid Catholic and protester concerns. Store managers cite family values and religious groups influencing the limited release while others emphasize customers’ curiosity.
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Lorenzo Sierra Jr
Gallup
Martin Scorsese
Gallup Video
Debbie Rodriguez
Sunset Home Videos
Cedar Hills
Hazel Crawford
Nema
Crawford
Jesus
Willem Dafoe
Mary Magdalene
Valerie Shell
Bunny Boot
Circle K
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Navajo Bar
Beverly Shilling
Robert Garcia
B&r Feed and Recycling
Maloney Avenue
Alcoa
Mississippi
Garcia
Feds
Baverly
Gallup Lions Club
Shiner
Aaron Redbird Portlay
Aare
Georgena Cooley
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeni
Salman Rushdie
U.S
Tite San
Nity
Father Salvador
St. Francis
Salvador
John Clark
Church
Christ Gallup
Clarke
Christ
Snowball
McKinley County
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