Begaye hosts delegate dinner sparks Navajo council row
Navajo Nation Speaker Kelsey Begaye defends an appreciation dinner for delegates at the Navajo Nation Inn funded from his discretionary account. Some Council members call the timing inappropriate and accuse it of election lobbying, urging rescheduling or cancellation. Jackson urges charity donations in lieu of the meal, while Fulton questions timing though not ethics. Begaye says the event was planned regardless of candidacy and proceeds as scheduled.
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Zwinow
Rock — Council
Kelsey Begaye
Navajo Nation Inn
Jackson
Shiprock
Jason
Lenora Fulton
Fulton
Begaye
Ostler
ZACE
Tribal Council
Noble
Donald Eriacho
Bobby Shack
Augustine Panteah
Harry
Navajo Nation Council Rejects Mileage Increase Proposal
The Navajo Nation Council killed a resolution to raise mileage and per diem for delegates. Delegates now receive 24 cents per mile and 60 dollars a day, while other Navajo employees get 31 cents per mile. The measure failed 49 to 18, short of the 59 votes needed. Delegate Lenora Fulton urged parity with other employees, saying delegates should not be discriminated against.
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Martin Salazar
Bureau Window Rock
Navajo Nation Council
Navajo Nation
U.S
Lenora Fulton
Council
Fulton
Assault at golf course leads to charges in Gallup
Gilbert Olguin, 69, was charged in the sexual abuse of a 9 year old, with Alejandro Alvarez, a longtime acquaintance, as a witness. At the Gallup Municipal Golf Course on October 15, Olguin fired at Alvarez four times but the rifle misfired and he struck Alvarez with the weapon. Olguin reportedly said he faced a 12 year sentence due to Alvarez’s testimony.
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Jett Jones
Tony Alonzo
Brentani Oil
Route 66
Gallup
Gilbert Olguin
Rudy Lane
Alejandro Alvarez
Alvarez
Gallup Municipal
Olguin
Jonathan Avery
Avery
Most Wanted fugitive released from Gallup jail
A man on the FBI's Most Wanted list, Kirk Alan Swearingen, 40, was released Tuesday in Gallup after Pennington County South Dakota's state attorney's office opted not to extradite him for child molestation. Swearingen, who had fled after seeing a wanted poster, faced charges tied to a bus stop arrest when a computer with child pornography was found. James Wilson Scott, 31, of Warrenberg, Missouri, aided in his apprehension, with FBI payment of Swearingen's court costs.
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Gallup
FBI
South Dakota
McKinley County
Bob Bass
Kirk Alan Swearingen
Pennington County
Swearingen
Independent
James Wilson Scott
Warrenberg
Doug Beldon
Albuquerque
New Mexico FBI
Scott
David Lee Simms
Zuni Arts and Crafts Enterprise faces upheaval after 1994 shift
A feature on Zuni Arts and Crafts Enterprise notes its rise to a $1.5 million net worth with nine staff, led by General Manager Jim Ostler and Mil ford Nahohai. The 1994 tribal council changes brought scrutiny over inventory and operations, disrupting governance and prompting tensions about council intervention.
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Zunii Arts and Crafts Enterprise
Malcolm Brenner
Gallup
Zuni Arts and Crafts Enterprise
Zuni Pueblo
Jim Ostler
Milford Nahohai
U.S
Chimoni
Andrew Othole
Rueben Ghahate
JoBeth Mayes
Arlen Quetawki
Jim
Ostler
Zuni Arts
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Dina’ Byreay
Genevieve Jackson
Andrea Egger
Gilbert
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Zuni Arts and Crafts
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Betty
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