Post office robbery ends with arrest in San Fidel
Mian charged after a bold early week hold up at the San Fidel post office. Tina Martinez said a man aimed a semiautomatic pistol, demanded 4900 in money orders, and fired a gun that clicked. Kenneth Romero, 21, of Cochiti, was arrested Monday night and faces assault with intent to commit robbery.
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Tina Martinez
Deaton
Themn
Martinez
Albuquerque
Romero
U.S
E.R. Trueax
Jeremy Joel Apodaca
Moriarty
Hopi vow to continue fight over ancestral land
Hopi Chairman Vernon Masayesva declared the tribe will keep appealing a federal ruling that awards 66,000 acres of the disputed land, far short of the 3 million the Hopis claim, as 12 villages united in press conference to stress their link to the past and guardianship of the land.
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Mary Wicoff
Western Bureau
Flagstaff
Ariz
Vernon
Masayesva
Navajo Nation to Begin Housing Projects After Freeze Lift
Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah orders emergency housing work in Window Rock to overcome 26 years of construction neglect from a freeze. Since lifting the freeze, 41 homes are under construction with 26 awaiting funding as tribal staff seek funds to match and expand housing in the former freeze area. A rehabilitation package for Congress is planned for January 1993.
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Navajo’ Nation
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Zach
Ning
Congress
Ganado man to stand trial for fatal punch
In Gallup a Ganado man, 22, Anderson Sheka, was ordered to stand trial in District Court on one count of aggravated battery in the death of Joe Long Jr. after witnesses testified that Sheka delivered the final punch at an outdoor social near Gallup on Oct 19, 1991. Long died Oct 20 after brain hemorrhaging, with four witnesses describing a night of drinking and confrontation at Gilligan's Island.
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Gallup
Forrest Buffington
Long
Mossman Section
Gilligan's Island
Sheka
Brian ‘King
Jonathan Harrison
King
Jolinda Long
Albuquerque
Steve Seeger
Bush on Larry King denies Clinton Moscow trip truth
President Bush calls Clinton untruthful on Vietnam era protests and draft issues during CNN Larry King Live. He urges Clinton to level with the American people about the Moscow trip and Iran Contra while campaigning in Louisiana and Texas as polls show a tossup race.
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Clinton
Larry King
San Antonio
Bil Clinton
Moscow
New Orleans
Texas
Houston
Louisiana
Bill Clinton
King
Oxford University
Carter
Arneson River
Sandency
Antonio
Lary
Marchers to mark 500 year resistance rally and march
Navajo and other American Indian students plan a two day Oct event in Santa Fe to mark 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance. Alfred W. Yazzie will lead a sunrise prayer at La Cienega and address participants. Events include a rally, walk to the State Capitol, a De-Celebration Rally, speeches, drum groups, dancing, a powwow at Nambe Falls, a free dinner, and a closing ceremony coordinated by multiple Native and civil rights groups. Alcohol and drugs will be banned at all events.
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Marley Shebala
Santa FE
Native American Studies Department
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Alfred W. Yazzie
Fort Defiance
la Cienega
Yazzie
Yaazie
Nambe Falls
Santa Ire Plaza
Nambe Falls Recreation Area
Protesters at Columbus statue unveiling in Phoenix
About 50 Indians protested the unveiling of a $50,000 bronze Christopher Columbus statue in central Phoenix. The statue, by George-Ann Tog noni and funded by Phoenix Italians, honors the 500th anniversary of Columbus discovery. Protesters held signs and circled the statue, while organizers removed the placards.
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Christopher Columbus
George-Ann Tognoni
Central
Columbus Avenues
Columbus
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