Navajo March Protests Relocation Trek to Flagstaff
A Navajo march against eviction moves toward Flagstaff covering about 75 miles from Big Mountain. The 30 to 40 marchers travel through Cameron while a federal commission offers non reservation homes and money to Navajo families amid a joint use land dispute with the Hopis. Leaders including American Indian Movement member Larry Anderson push for elders and future generations, promising a larger turnout and a town march.
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Cameron, Ariz
Big Mountain
Flagstaff
U.S. District Court
Tucson
Pat Madden
Department of Public Safety
Larry Anderson
American Indian Movement
Anderson
Arizona
Federal Relocation Commission
Title IV Switch Sought In Crowpoint Indian Schools
Parents and educators urged shifting Johnson O Malley programs to Title IV funding at a Crownpoint hearing. Gallup McKinley district runs five major Title VI programs and a $831000 Title IV program this year, with funds aiding math labs multilingual curricula and student aides. The push aims to stabilize funding while preserving existing Title IV efforts and staffing.
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Crownpoint
Eastern Bureau
Johnson-O’malley
Gallup-McKinley
Johnson-O'Malley
James McLarry
Crownpoint Elementary
Gallup
McKinley
Donna Becenti
C. L. ‘Dempsey
Rudy Gutierrez
Smith Lake
Becenti
Margaret Nugent
Crownpoint High School
Zuni
Thoreau
Navajo Jr. High
Tohatchi High School
Thoreau to Open Bids for Sewage Plant Project
By W. Schomisch Thoreau Eastern Bureau bids for a sewage treatment plant and collection lines to be built in Thoreau will be opened Nov. 1. The project includes a 250000 gallon per day prefabricated plant, 9000 feet of sanitary sewer, a lift station, and a force main. Estimated cost is about 350000 dollars with completion by June 1, 1979. CAC provided 200000 dollars in 197 to build a new lagoon prior to Phillips Petroleum Co plans for a large subdivision and a suggestion to add a second treatment plant.
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W. Schomisch Thoreau
Eastern Bureau
New Mexico Community Assistance Council
CAC
McKinley County
Thoreau
Phillips Petroleum Co
Navajo police add 62 radar units for on the spot citations
The Navajo Police Bureau in Window Rock receives 62 K55 radar speed detectors costing 1000 each in bulk, enabling dual vehicle tagging and all directional monitoring. Used after two weeks of training, the units measure speeds up to 3 miles with quick on/off to avoid fuzzbuster delays, joining 91 total units including Decatur and MR7 models.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Dine Bureau
Larry Benallie
Navajo Police Services
Benallie
Navajo Fair Posts Record Profit and Attendance
Navajo Nation Fair in WINDOW ROCK Arizona reported a record profit of more than 151000 dollars and 105000 attendees. Fair Director John Descheny said 35 percent came from gate receipts and 15 percent from exhibitors and arts and crafts. He noted plans to expand to five days with a Waylon Jennings concert and credited increased activity options for success.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Dine Bureau
John Descheny
Descheny
General Fund
Fair Commission
Waylon Jennings
Fair
Young Ganado Hunter Killed Near Miners Peak
A 17-year-old Navajo youth from Ganado Arizona was killed in an accidental shooting on a deer hunt near Miners Peak in Iron County Utah. Sheriff Ira Schoppman reported the fatal gunshot to the head occurred Monday morning as 18-year-old Clark Moss tried to clear a jam in his rifle while the hunting party returned to their vehicles.
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Cedar City
Utah
Arizona
Miners Peak
Iron County
Ira Schoppman
Ronald Showa
Clark Moss
Showa
Ganado
Ariz
Professionals Claim Political Motivation In Navajo Judicial Reform
The Dine Professionals, Navajo experts, say the new Supreme Judicial Council is a political instrument designed to overturn court decisions. They accuse Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald of manipulating the process to extend control over the judiciary. George Viassis defends the council as a forum for broader review to resolve deadlocks.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Dine Bureau
Dine
Supreme Judicial Council
SJC
Peter MacDonald
MacDonald
WBS
Tribal Council
Vee
Judicial Council
the Judicial Council
Edgar
Jean Cahn
Antioch School of Law
Vlassis
Cahn
Wa Niassis
Navajo Board ‘of Election Supervisors
Court of Appeals
Star Lake Rail Plan Warns of Boom Town Disadvantages
The draft environmental impact statement for Star Lake Railroad and adjacent coal mines in northwest New Mexico warns the project could bring cultural clashes between native residents and urban migrants, increase crime and social disruption, and alter small town life. It also notes expected population growth, housing needs, traffic rise, and substantial impacts to numerous historical, archeological, and fossil sites, while predicting only minor physical regional effects and no impact on Chaco Canyon National Monument.
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Santa FE
Star Lake
New Mexico
Bureau of Land Management
Farmington
Gallup
Grants
Milan
BLM
Wient
Ment
Chaco Canyon National Monument
Bisti
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Cameron
Thoreau Sewer
Tribal Judicial Council
Kangaroo Court
Southwest Microfilm
Richmond
Albuquerque
New
John Orree
M.P.H. Industries
Tribe
Navgje Relice Services
Helds
By John Orr
Keith Axtell
Office of Indian Programs
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
B. Gallup
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