No vote reform for new Navajo election changes fail
WINDOW ROCK Ariz A Navajo Nation Council failed to place a controversial election code amendment on the fall agenda after a 68 vote turnout with 1 abstention The proposal would allow substituting interim leaders if candidates die resign or are disqualified between the primary and general elections Critics argued only the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors or legal counsel should decide and the measure was defeated with 35 votes needed The council approved 34 resolutions for the fall agenda including a 9.1 million budget and various tribal matters while planning a three day session next week for more proposals
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Richard Sitts Dine
Bureau
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Nation Council
Peter MacDonald
Leonard Haskie
Navajo Board of Election Supervisors
Rock Point
Ernest Begay
Thomas Boyd
Crystal
Arizona Public Service Company
Joe Shirley
Chinle
Navajoland
Shirley
Church of Navajoland
U.S. Congress
Robert Billy Whitehorse
Aneth
Utah
Boyd
Ernest Hubbell
Houck
Washington, D.C
Hubbell
Floyd Dawson
Lindbergh Lee
Tonalea
MacDonald case in jury's hands
Navajo prosecutors urge the jury to convict Peter MacDonald Sr and his son Rocky on 42 and 23 counts respectively of bribery extortion theft by misusing political influence and conspiracy. Jury deliberations began as defense called no witnesses and criticized the case as biased in Indian country.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Peter MacDonald Sr
Mac- Donalds
Tse Bonito
Mac- Donald
MacDonald
Rocky
MacPlease
Health fair links parents with fitness at Crownpoint school
Health fair during parent teacher conferences drew more than 100 attendees at Crownpoint Elementary. Center for Indian Youth and sponsors promoted health checks for glucose and cholesterol, AIDS education, and fitness testing led by a racewalker. Attendees, including Crownpoint staff, sought diet and exercise guidance and noted diabetes risk on the Navajo reservation.
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Margaret Dubin
Gallup
Crownpoint Elementary
Center For Indian Youth
Sally Moore
Center For Indian Youth, Southwest Cardiovascular Curriculum Project
Public Health Service
Moore
Phil Shabi
Crownpoint High School
Shabi
Una Shabi
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Winona Begay
Karen Arviso
Crownpoint Indian Health Service
IHS
Crownpoint School
Alviso
Andy Smith
Smith
Alex Montoya
Montoya
Indictment Ties Browns to Big Boquillas Ranch Deal
A Phoenix grand jury charges Byron Bud Brown and Truett Brown with conspiracy money laundering and false statements in a scheme tied to the Navajo Tribe's 1987 Big Boquillas Ranch purchase. They allegedly laundered 500000 and steered overpayment to influence tribal council decisions.
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Window Rock, Ariz
Phoenix
Byron
Bud” T. Brown
Truett W. Brown
Big Boquillas Ranch
Brown
Peter MacDonald
MacDonald
Linda A. Akers
U.S
District of Arizona
Bud Brown
Scottsdale
Truett Brown
San Diego
Calif
U.S. District Court
U.S. Department of Treasury
Big Boquillas Cattle Company
Tenneco West Corp
Holbrook drug dealer suspect's mom speaks after fatal raid
Dorothy Tracas questions the arrest warrant and recounts her son George C Tracas 21 a Holbrook resident killed by a DPS Special Operations Tactical Team during a morning raid Police Sheriff Butler labeled Tracas a cocaine dealer noting undercover agents had seized six cocaine vials He defended the raid saying it prevented harm to officers Tracas family recalls his helpful acts but officials say he threatened with a shotgun and resisted arrest The Independent carrier ad ends the page.
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St. Johns Bureau
Holbrook, Ariz
Dorothy Tracas
George
Holbrook
George Tracas
George C. Tracas
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Navajo County
Gary Butler
Tracas
Butler
Special Operations
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Morris Johnson
Nenahnezad
San Juan
Terry Goddard
Arizona
Percy Deal
Hardrock
Bruce King
New Mexico
Donald Benally
Shiprock
Pete Domenici
Duane Yazzie
Bill Richardson
Daniel Tso
Torreon
Betty Reid
Robert Yazzie
Yazzie
Crownpoint
Crownpoint Eleven
Don Armstrong
Tary
Senate Select
Tribal Council
Reno
Las Vegas
Nev
Frances Morse
Coal
Mall
North Hwy
Lugie
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