Navajo Nation President hears trailer park eviction complaints
Evicted residents from a Navajo, New Mexico trailer park challenged the Economic Development Committee over a housing redevelopment project. After being denied a committee seat, they met President Kelsey Begaye who ordered review of NTCDC history and overdue rent handling.
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Rock
Navajo Nation
Kelsey Begaye
Navajo
N.M
EDC
David John
Janet Hubbard
Community
Development Corp
The
NTCDC
Leonard Teller
Legah
Begaye
Mellor Willie
Mural honors honor Navajo role models at trading post
The Circle of Light mural at the trading post honors Navajo role models with 55 portraits. Paul Jones and Scott Preston opened the wall, which includes veterans and Fort Sumner captivity panels. Tanner aims to inspire youth by depicting notable Navajo men and women across fields.
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Gallup
Ellis
Tanner
Circle of Light
Chester Kahn
Trading Post
Randy Travis
Fort Sumner
Paul Jones
Scott Preston
Washington, D.C
Preston
Jones
Harvard University
Lee Natay
Ed’ Natay
Kahn
Notah Begay II
Begay
Houck
Portrait debate frames Navajo leaders in trading post
Gallup notes Circle of Light portraits at Ellis Tanner Trading Co honor notables. Peter MacDonald, once seen as powerful, faces a 14 year federal sentence for bribes tied to the 1989 Window Rock riot, while golfer Notah Begay III earns praise for owning a DWI admission. Tanner stresses role models need not be perfect, but must show accountability.
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Nicole Goodhue
Chester Kahn
Notah Begay
Ellis Tanner Trading Co
Bill Donovan
MacDonald
Tanner
Window Rock
Notah
Begay
Arizona
New Mexico
U.S
Bill Redmond
RNM
Clinton
Little In-Law Ayéheé Yazzie Earns Navajo Trust in Gallup
Ellis Tanner known as Ayéheé Yazzie or Little In-Law, a fourth generation trader in Gallup, is revered by Navajo people for loyalty and restraint in pawning jewelry. He helps families redeem pawned items from his deep vault, stating pawning is like writing a check and vows not to betray trust.
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Gallup
Ellis Tanner
Ayéheé Yazzie
Tanner
Kelsey Begaye
Ellis
Begaye
Ford
Tanner’s
Tribe weighs role in bank
Navajo Nation considers joining a proposed Native American National Bank project with a $30 million start up. If involved, the tribe would invest $1 million and gain a board seat while funding $900,000 toward initial capital. Bank to be based in Denver, focusing on large tribal loans and tribal home mortgages.
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Jim-Maniaci Diné
Rock
American Indian National ‘Bank
National’ Bank
Bank. Is
Native American Bank Corporation
Navajo’ Nation
Navajo Nation Council
John Belrese
St. Louis
Denver
Tragic Horse Tramples 2 Year Old Near Twin Lakes
In a Crown Point area corral near the local chapter house, a 2 year old girl died after a quarter horse trampled her as she rode with friends. Police report states she spurred the horse, fell, feet became tangled, and the horse struck her before she could untangle. She died at Gallup Indian Medical Center before 6 p.m.
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Rock
Twin Lakes
Crownpoint
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Community Development Corp
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Nancy Watson Ming
Bureau
Nancy Watson
Diné Bureau
Biles
Tara Pettek
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Caner
Coyote Canyon
East Pershing
Call Lin
Leona
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