Navajo leader Peter MacDonald on trial for bribery and kickbacks
Navajo special prosecutors allege Peter MacDonald and son Rocky ran a cash pay scheme to steer tribal business. They claim $300,000 in bribes flowed to the family via a consulting setup Denay Inc and ROMAC, with cash withdrawals to dodge detection. MacDonald denies wrongdoing and cites tribal law.
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Betty Reid
Dine
Bureau
Window Rock
Ariz
Peter MacDonald
MacDonald
Peter
Rocky” MacDonald Jr
Thriftway
Minal
Mark Donatelli
Donatelli
Val Jolley
Mac
Donald
Jolley
Donateli
Peter MacDonald Sr
Peter MacDoald Jr
Donatellis
Denay, Inc
ROMAC
Wanda
Rocky
Denay
Denny
Phoenix
John Paddock
Marana
Pat Chee Miller
Paddock
Senate
U.S. Senate
Miller
Lee Hough
Navajo Technology Institute
Luepp
Peabody Coal Co
Blazer Construction
AETA
California
Chuska Energy Co
A&t Inc
Clint Hartwell
Citibank
Wanda MacDonald
Navajo Nation Fraud Trials Highlight Cash Ties and Relatives
Testimony in Navajo Nation cases shows a web of payments and favors tied to Peter and Rocky MacDonald. Witnesses describe loans, self issued checks, and attempts to influence contracts, with prosecutors noting active investigations and prior Senate inquiries into widespread corruption among tribal leaders.
Students Press for Boseman Reinstatement at GHS
Gallup High School students demand reinstatement of math teacher D A Boseman amid accusations of bias after a sex change. They delivered a 117 signature petition while the school board declined comment citing legal advice. The board also reviewed a state accreditation visit noting mixed findings.
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Margaret Dubin
Gallup
Gallup-McKinley County
D.A. Boseman
Jarrod Scarbrough
Boseman
Scarbrough
Miss Boseman
Amy Dawson
Dawson
Ramon Vigil
Foutz
Harry Hendrickson
Larry Muzingo
Muzingo
State Department
Hendrickson
Panel votes no Mandela invite at Navajo Nation
In Window Rock Arizona on Monday the Intergovernmental Relations Committee defeated a resolution to invite Nelson Mandela to Navajoland to address minority and American Indian issues by a 3 to 2 vote with two abstentions. The panel also moved to executive session to discuss off reservation travel procedures and budgets for standing committees.
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Richard Sitts Dine
Window Rock
Ariz
Nelson Mandela
Navajo Nation
Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Mandela
Navajoland
Richard Kontz
Navajo Office of Legislative Affairs
Kontz
Flagstaff lumberjack nets $1.4 million Arizona lottery prize
Angel Iizarbe, 53, from Flagstaff, claimed half of the Saturday night Pick jackpot totaling $2.8 million. He will receive 20 annual payments of $54,560 after taxes. A native of Spain who has lived in Arizona 24 years, Iizarbe plans for Spain visit, a new car, and family time while his wife Edna contemplates quitting work.
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Phoenix
Arizona Lottery
Angel Iizarbe
Ilzarbe
Spain
Arizona
Edna
Delay in Thoreau roads blamed on misunderstanding
McKinley County Commissioners and Thoreau Water and Sanitation District blamed each other for delays on a 209000 road project. A two hour meeting with a state official discussed reinstating the grant and securing commitments to proceed despite winter delays. Ongoing issues include culverts costs and needed land near railroad tracks to drain water, with both sides urged to act.
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B. Barton Lee
Gallup
McKinley County
Thoreau
County Commission
Water District
Willie R. Alice
Alice
Robert Miller
Water and ‘Sanitation
Ophelia
Gonzales-Bass
Appli
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Dear Abby
Nation
Southwest
Gallup Independent Co
Internal Revenue Service
Hartwell
Steven Boss
Rocky” MacDonald
Navajo Nation Council
Tamara Vilés
Window Rock District Court
GHS
Mi Bers
Kent2
Houck
Ernest Hubbell
Hubbell
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The
Indian Health Service
Indian ‘Health Service
Flagstaff
Jack
Edna Ilzarbe
Hi Rei
Sai Se
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