Thieves of time arrest tied to Zuni sacred artifacts
Zuni Pueblo police tracked Don Stephensons and Rodney Tidwell in a case tied to missing sacred items from Zuni and Hopi rituals. Officials used multiple raids and undercover operations that uncovered a museum of ceremonial objects, photos, and $20,000 in cash.
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Gallup
Ftat
Don E
Ste"Phensop’ S
Rodney P. Tidwell
Tony Hillerman
Effra
Thomas
Boone
Zuni
Tidwell
Stephenson
Task Force
Clybert Zunie
U.S
Acoma
BIA employees face RIF notices in Navajo region
In Window Rock Arizona 159 BIA workers in the Navajo area received reduction in force notices affecting all programs except education Deputy Director Mel Russo said most affected were informed of a reduction in force with no level breakdown He noted required sign for letters and 60 day appeal bumping window ending December 6 prior to OMB budget briefing by Lillie Roanhorse and question raised by Edward Hegay about why all levels were not targeted Page 2.
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Cate Gilles Dine
Bureau
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Area Bia
Avajo Area
Russo
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Lillie Roanhorse
Finance Committee
Council
Edward T. . Hegay
BIA
Not guilty in vehicular homicide trial of Bennett Yazzie
Not guilty verdict delivered at 8:35 p.m. in the Yah-Ta-Hey man’s vehicular homicide case. Bennett Yazzie, 27, declines comment as jurors find him not guilty on two counts while also acquitting on two child abuse charges. The trial stemmed from a December rollover that killed Cameron Michael Yazzie, Milton Yazzie’s toddler, and injured three others.
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Gallup
Bennett Yazzie
Joseph Rich
E Independent
Isus
Louis DePauli Jr
DePauli
Ara
Milton Yazzie
Anthony Porter
Cameron Michael Yazzie
Bennett
Yazzie
Porter
Bessingtt Yazzie
Erin Sandoval
Interstate 40
Sandoval
New Mexico
Melinda Nez
Tisceeet
Thief gets light sentence for sacred items theft
In Gallup three years after a task force seized sacred Zuni and Hopi ceremonial objects from Rodney Tidwell in Payson Ariz the judge gave Stephenson two years probation and a 2500 dollar fine Tidwell faces sentencing on remaining counts while tribes protest the lenient outcome saying sacred items were stolen for quick cash and private collectors.
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Boone
Tidwell
Archaeological Resource: and Protection Act
Malcolm Brenner Statt
Gallup
Payson
Ariz
Rodney Tidwell
Deodeenint
Ben E. ‘Stephenson
Johh’ Nyer
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Archaeological Resource Protection Act
Stephenson
Stanley’ Marcus
Nieman-Marcus Arcus
Marcus
Esite
U.S
C. LeRoy Hansen
Zuni
Beverly Aragon
Acoma
William Emanuel
Hongen Reinet
Rhonda P. Becknott
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