Ch’ooshgai Schools See Enrollment Drop Amid Rumors
Zarana Sanghani reports Ch'ooshgai Community Schools faced about a ten percent fall in student enrollment amid rumors of closure. Superintendent Shunkamolah says finances remain secure, accreditation is in progress, and the district still fields a basketball team. The board approved January minutes and outlined monthly meeting stipends and mileage reimbursements. Principal Manuelito says new policies are being established to improve operations and staff morale.
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Ch’ooshgai
Joseph Shankamolah
Shunkamalah
Chooshgai
Ch'ooshgai
Merly
Chuska
North Central
Shunkamolah
Ch’ooshgai School Board
Begaye
Ethel Manuelito
Manuelito
Navajo Nation names Sharon Noel new chief of staff
Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye names Sharon Noel as chief of staff effective immediately. Noel has served as Begaye's legal adviser since May, replacing Tom Ranger who is on leave after a domestic dispute near his Window Rock home and may not return to his previous role.
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Bill Donovan
Window Rock
Kelsey Begaye
Begaye
Sharon
Noel
Tom Ranger
Ranger
Mellor
Willie
Townsite faces hurdle on tribals grants for housing plan
GALLUP The Navajo Townsite Community Development Corp may not qualify for Navajo Nation grants to build a 60 unit housing project on a 35 acre tract tied to a master lease. Twenty four families at the mobile home park resist eviction after a 26 family move deadline passed. NTCDC plans moving dirt in April with construction in early summer, while Navajo Nation President Begaye questions the plan’s impact on tenants.
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Navajo, Townsite Community Development Corp
Navajo Nation
Navajo
N.M
Mobile Home Park
NTCDC
Leonard Teller
U.S. Housing and Urban Development i
Tribe
Kelsey Begaye
Teller
Begaye
Rally to oppose IHS takeover on Navajo Nation ballot
A group led by the Dooda IHS-638 Committee will hold a rally at the Window Rock Civic Center Saturday at 10 a.m. to push for a referendum on whether the Navajo Nation should assume health services from the IHS. The committee seeks 26,113 valid signatures by May 19 and plans voter registration training amid accountability concerns and past Tribal fund misuse complaints.
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Window Rock
Navajo Nation
IHS
French
Ethics and Rules Office
Ethics and’Rules Committee
Two Men Killed in Navajo County Crash Near Route 12
Navajo Police confirm the identities of two men killed in a single vehicle wreck two miles south of the Navajo townsite on BIA Route 12. Wilfred Brown, 41, and Ernest Wilson, 52, both of Navajo, were pronounced dead. A 55-year-old survivor, Benjamin Wilson of Crystal, was evaluated. driver identity remains undetermined. Alcohol found at the scene.
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Bureau
Window Rock
Navajo
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Bia
Route 12
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Ernest Wilson
Benjamin Wilson
Crystal
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Defiance
Brown
Benjamin’ Wilson
Kayenta
Here
Mile Post
U.S. 160
Flagstaff
Phoenix
Charlotta Boone
Teresa
Boone
Elvira Fuller
Teresa Boone
Phoebe Sullivan
Monument Valley
Utah
Shirley ‘Tsosie
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Fuller
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