New Legislation Creates 1000 Navajo Youth Jobs
Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah announced 1000 more summer jobs for Navajo youth due to a recently signed law. The measure funds youth employment via JTPA with a Navajo share just over $2 million, supporting students from Pinedale to Becenti Chapters and urging thrift for school needs.
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Crownpoint
Navajo Nation
Peterson Zah
George Bush
Zah
Los Angeles
Chicago
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Zach
Idaho
Duran bound over on drug charge
Carlos Duran of Gallup, 27, bound over to District Court on a PCP distribution charge after an arrest April 27. He faces murder charges next week in Magistrate Court for the May 24 incident involving Valerie Garcia and two men. He is held on a $5,000 bond.
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Gallup
Carlos Duran
Duran
Valerie Garcia
Joseph
Michael Guardian
Trains Return as Back-to-Work Law Takes Effect
The nation’s railroads resume service after a two day shutdown ended by a back-to-work order. Amtrak plans quick return of short haul trains while long distance routes may take 48 hours. Rail unions criticize Congress, while Bush aides cite arbitration as a path to settle disputes and keep the economy moving.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Transportation
Andrew Card
Amtrak
Bush
Congress
Jed Dodd
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
But .A. Bush
Paul Clarke
Clarke
Fox
Card
General Motors
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Tom White
Association of American Railroads
Barstow
Calif
Santa Fe Railway
Ralph Rassmensen
International Brotherhood of Firemen and
Oilers
Sue Martin
Northeast Corridor
Boston
Baltimore
Navajo logging foes demand ouster of forest chiefs
Marley Shebala Dine Bureau WINDOW ROCK Ariz A Navajo group opposing logging on the Navajo Reservation demands the removal of Tribal Forestry Director Dexter Gill and NFPI Operations Director Norm Birtcher as a condition to dropping a federal lawsuit. They urge replacement with Navajo educated in the Navajo religion and oppose compartment 34 in Whiskey Creek and Ugly Valley timber sale to protect sacred sites and cultural heritage.
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Marley Shebala Dine
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Reservation
Navajo Forestry
Navajo Forest Products Industries
Navajo Nation
Peterson Zah
Leroy Jackson
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Zah
Jackson
Dine’ Citizens Against
Lukachukai
Chuska Mountains
NFPI
Dine’ Care
Dexter Gill
Norm Birtcher
Whiskey Creek
Ugly Valley
Tenants halt forced move in Navajo, New Mexico
In Navajo, New Mexico, a planned June 30 relocation of 28 Navajo families to remove asbestos and lead-based materials was temporarily halted after a six member tenant committee negotiated with the Navajo Housing Authority. The group reduced the slated removals and discussed an alternative plan with NHA staff and attorney Bruce Fox of DNA Legal Service.
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Marley Shebala Dine
NHA
Chester Carl
N.M
NHA Project
Tenanats
Bruce Fox
DNA Legal Service Inc
Window Rock
Fox
Native teens vow drug free leadership at Gallup conference
Native American youth from Oklahoma to Window Rock gathered in Gallup for a conference aimed at reducing teen pregnancy and drug use while building community leadership. Teens, parents, and providers learned communication with elders, education goals, and spirituality as keys to improving life and preventing negative peer pressure.
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Catherine Welp
Gallup
Oklahoma
Window Rock
Tyson Hudson
Hudson
The
Nizhoni Way
KDM & Associates
American Indian Institute of the
University of Oklahoma
Office of Substance Abuse Prevention
Washington, D.C
Pauline Plummer
Dennis Lorenzo
Plummer
San Juan County rejects state Medicaid fund request
San Juan County Commission declined a nearly 250000 contribution to the state Medicaid fund amid doubts the money would reach county residents. Commissioner Sherry Galloway argued no guarantees existed on spending and noted the county has 31 million in its indigent fund while the state did not supply spending details. She suggested the Legislature could use the funds to offset its Medicaid deficit.
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San Juan
AZTEC
San Juan County
Sherry Galloway
State Human Services Department
Galloway
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