Man gets 24 years in jail for murder
Peter Joe of Sheep Springs was sentenced to 24 years and five months for the first degree murder of his girlfriend Maxine Burton. The plea deal capped the sentence at the maximum under the December agreement. Burton’s body was found May 7 1999 in her Upper Fruitland home with facial lacerations and throat wounds. Burton’s daughter Evangeline McDonald read a farewell note to Joe as the family expressed anger at the conduct and outcome. Burton went to Joe’s home to move out while he was away, and testified that she feared an assault and had been lured by a deceitful plan to move later.
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Sheep Springs
Peter Joe
Maxine Burton
Joe
Kathleen Bliss
Burton
Upper Fruitland
Evangeline McDonald
McDonald
Navy
Japan
U.S.S
Phoenix
Bunny
Zah to Return to Democratic Ranks After McCain Choice
Diné leader Peterson Zah, former Navajo Nation chair, says he will switch back to Democrat once McCain is out of the race, citing Bush’s comments on tribal governments as a concern. Zah notes Native American leaders worry over Bush positions and would support Gore if faced with a Bush choice.
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Gallup
Peterson Zah
Republcan
Navajo Nation
Republicans
U.S
John McCain
R-Ariz
McCain
Texas
George W.bush
Zah
Morgan‘town
W. Va
Zach
Bush
U.S. Senate
Zac
Navajo Internet voting debut marks historic polling
Navajo Nation President Begaye led more than 24,000 Arizonans in a first time Internet voting demonstration amid the Arizona Democratic Party primary. He urged Navajos and minorities to vote, noting a large young population and plans to connect 110 chapter houses to a computer system. Microsoft foundations aided access, while the primary runs Tuesday through Saturday.
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Kelsey’ Begaye
Begaye
Arizona
Democratic Party
Congress
Interet
Microsoft
Bill Gates
Jeff Jones
Navajo Nation
Kelsey A. Begaye
Bill Taylor
Election.com
Veteran's Memorial Park
Window Rock
Former IHS worker on trial for sexual abuse charges
Franklin Tso a former physi cian assistant at the Dzilth Na O Dith Hle Navajo clinic near Farmington faces misdemeanor sexual abuse charges in Albuquerque federal court. The complaint alleges he engaged in sexual contact through the patient’s clothes without consent on or about January 9, 1998. The IHS had earlier removed him from direct patient care and terminated his employment.
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Diné Bureau
Gallup
Navajo ‘Area Indian, Health Service
Albuquerque
Franklin Tso
Farmington
Tso
IHS
Delegates' Fight for Higher Pay in Navajo Council History
Delegates on the Navajo Nation Council have long sought higher pay as duties expanded. Starting from $2,700 annually in 1963, compensation has evolved through hourly wages, fees, and per diem, with a 1965 near doubling to $3,000 plus $18 daily for room and board, reflecting growing responsibilities and central authority shifts.
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Jim Maniaci
Window Rock
Navajo Nations Council
Howard Gorman
Ganado
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Rock
Gorman
Wauneka among 19 women inducted into Hall of Fame
The National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls announces 19 inductees for this fall including Navajo Wauneka a Pulitzer Prize winner and first Navajo elected to the Tribal Council. Living honorees include Janet Reno Emma DeVoe Crystal Eastman Jeanne Holm Leontine Kelly Frances Kelsey Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught and others for contributions across civil rights medicine and the military.
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Seneca Falls
N.Y
National Women's Hall of Fame
U.S
Janet Reno
Eudora Welty
Sylvia Earle
Mary Walker
Annie Dodge’. Wauneka
Hall of Fame
Finger Lakes
Marilyn Bero
National Committee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Washington State
Jeanne Holm
Leontine Kelly
Wilma Vaught
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Bill Donovan
Diné
Michael Fagans
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Mentmore
Wauneka
Women’s Hall of Fame
Eastman
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American Civil Liberties Union
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey
Europe
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