Champion of the environment Miss Navajo is not just another pretty face
Barletta Chief, 24, Miss Navajo Nation, discusses environmental engineering aims and defending Lake Powell from draining. She highlights the river’s ecological and economic impacts, her Navajo upbringing, and her plan to inspire youth through “Teaching from the Hogan.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Maniaci
Diné
Bureau
Window Rock
Lake Powell
Barletta Chief
Leland Stanford Jr. University
Chief
Page High School
Colorado River
Lake’ Powell
Victoria Yazzie
Hogan
Jeff Jones
Navajo Nation Museum
Navajo delegate faces removal over ethics law findings
Navajo Nation Ethics and Rules Committee removed Joey Antonio Jr from the Upper Fruitland Chapter treasurer post for signing and cashing 44 checks totaling 16,180 dollars and unauthorized credit card use. He must resign, repay over 17 000 dollars to the Northern America chapter, repay restitution, write an apology, and be barred from handling public funds for five years. Richard Begay Jr and another official were similarly ousted in the same week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Maniaci Dine
Bureau
Rock
Joey, Antonio Jr
Navajo Nation Council
Upper
Fruitland
Amenca
Antonio Jr
Navajo Nation
Toadlena
Grey Hills Council
Richard Begay Jr
Antonio
Office of Ethics and Rules
Dallas
Farmington
Albuquerque
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tuba City plane crash kills two
Two men died when a small Cessna 182 crashed during a blood run from Deer Valley to Tuba City Airport. The wreckage was found by Civil Air Patrol in a remote area of the Navajo Reservation. Authorities withheld names pending notification of relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuba City
Ariz
Deer Valley
Civil Air Patrol
Navajo Reser
Navajos Rally Over Proposed Sales Tax Hearings
Navajo residents voice frustration at public hearings over a proposed sales tax and revisions to the Possessory Interest Tax, which would tax land leases and could introduce tribal property tax for homeowners. Hearings run in Kayenta, Tuba City, and Window Rock, with sessions at 1-5 p.m., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Maniaci
Dine’ Bureau
Window ‘Rock
Office of the
Navajo Tax
Commission
Kayenta
Tuba
Window Rock
Peterson Zah-Navajo Nation
Navajos Voice
Hopis Navajos agree Navajo Rt 65 needs paving
Navajo and Hopi officials unite to push a 14.7 mile paving project from First Mesa to Pinon. Estimated cost 3 million for planning and 8 to 10 million for construction, aiming for 2002 budget funding. Road links Hard, Rock, Forest Lake, Blue Gap, Whipperwill, Low Mountain and is plagued by potholes and winter inaccessibility. Stakeholders say improved safety for buses and police medical vehicles is urgent, with officials from Hopi High and surrounding communities meeting to coordinate funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Bindell
Polacca
Ariz
First Mesa
Pinon
Lester Charley
Lanning
Hard
Rock
Forest Lake
Blue Gap
Whiperwill
Low Mountain
Hopi
Steve Youvella
Pinon High School
Paul Reynolds
Hopi High School
Charley
Arizona
Ivan Sidney
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Palo Alto
Calif
Manuelito
Coconino County
Jett Jones
Freddy Lopez
Gallup
Vernon Hamilton
Hamilton Construction
Cecil Wilson
Wilson Paving,Inc
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