Return of Navajo Boy told through Cly family history
John Wayne Cly and sister Elsie Mae Cly are central to Nancy Watsons Be Diné Bureau Gallup feature on The Return of Navajo Boy, a documentary tracing how Navajo child John Wayne Cly was taken from Monument Valley by missionaries as a toddler, his life with a foster family, letters from John Wayne and his grandmother, and decades of searching for home. The piece ties the Cly story to uranium mining hearings and Spitz film collaborations, with Ever present Goulding relatives and Ford connections shaping the valley’s photographic legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Watson
Gallup
Gallup Independent
John Wayne Cly
Cly
Monument Valley
A. Foster
Continental Divide
John, Wayne
App Y. Cly
Wayne
Jetter
Monument Valle Yang
John
Wayne Cly
Harry, Goulding
Goulding
Post
America
John ‘Ford
John ‘Wayne
Ford
Jimmy +Cly
Kerr McGee Co
Clys
Bill’ Kennedy
Jeff, Spitz
Chicago
Kennedy
Jimmy Cly
Elsie ‘Mae
John -Wayne-Cly
Spitz
Tuba City Services Honor Family of Van Crash Victims
Hundreds attended services in Tuba City for Rosita Redhouse 30, her sister-in-law also Rosita Redhouse 38, and Pearl Redhouse 17 who died in a wreck that also killed Department of Public Safety Officer Brett Buckmaster on an icy highway near Page. The funeral procession stretched 30 miles to The Gap on the Navajo Reservation as balloons were released in their memory. Buckmaster’s services were held Saturday in Mesa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuba City
Ariz
Department of Public
Rosita ‘Redhouse
DPS
Page
Brett ‘Buckmister
Mesa
New Mexico Governors Eyes Short Session For School Funds
The Tuesday special session discussed would be limited to a constitutional amendment to provide long term funds for public school construction in McKinley and Cibola counties. Judge Rich has ordered a solution by July 28 and urged consideration of a constitutional amendment to satisfy the court. The measure, proposed in the recent regular session, would need voter approval in November but faced filibuster in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Howerton Jr
Santa Fe Bureau
Santa FE
New Mexico
McKinley
Cibola County
Zuni
Gallup-McKinley
Grants
Cibola
Raymond ‘Sanchez
D-Bernalillo
Joseph L. Rich
Rich
P. W. Ken Martinez
D-Cibola
Makiney
Sandoval
House
Senate
Martinez
Dave, Pederson
D-Mckinley
Gallup McKinley
Robert Gomez
Sanchez
Gary Johnson
Johnson
Rick Miera
Dbernalillo
House Education Committee
Crash victim also had a DWI problem
Gallup report shows three Hobb family deaths linked to a Route 66 crash. Ray Hobb and Johnny Caballero, the suspected drunk driver, were driving with revoked licenses the day of the accident. Police say Hobb had two prior DWI convictions and faced battery charges in 1998.
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Gallup
Hobb
Raymond
Ray Hobb
Johnny Caballéro
Route 66
Boardman
Dicate
McKinley County
White “Cliffs
Crownpoint car crash claims life
A 17 year old Smith Lake resident Leora Vee Lee died when a tire blew from her pickup causing it to skid and collide with a van carrying five from the Recenti Chapter. Six survivors were flown to the University of New Mexico hospital in Albuquerque. Yolanda Freeland was the only adult passenger not flown. The crash occurred along New Mexico Route 371 near Crownpoint at 8 20 a m on dry roads in clear weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crownpoint
Smith Lake
Leora. Lee
Terry. Morgan
Becenti
Bessie Lee
Leora Vee
Universi
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Yolanda -Freeland
Miss Navajo Faces Fundraising After Budget Cuts
Diné Bureau reports Miss Navajo Victoria Yazzie, 24, will spend much of her year raising funds as travel invites rise while the department trims travel budgets by 8 to 15 percent to balance the tribal budget. She paused teaching in Kayenta to serve this year, noting only 408 dollars left for travel for the year and six months remaining before a new budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallupne
Victoria Yazzie
Yazzie
Kayenta
Nicole Goodhue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elsie May Cly
John Wayne
Law
Rosita Redhouse
Redhouse
Pearl
Tanya Brazil
Capt
Samson
Cowboy
Department of Criminal Investigations
Bill Donovan
Diné
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