'Language is important...'
It seemed Mother Earth knew Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso was being laid to rest Wednesday because the wind calmed as the funeral procession journeyed to the veterans' cemetery from St. Isabelle Catholic Church. Tso, 89, died May 9 from cancer at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington. He was the vice president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association and a member of the Navajo Code Talker Foundation.
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School closure plan drawing anger, petitions
A groundswell of opposition arose this week in several communities against plans by the Gallup-McKinley County School District to close three schools to balance next year's budget. STORY »
By Bill Donovan | Special to the Times
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
Apache County treasurer calls allegations 'slanderous'
Apache County Treasurer Katherine D. Arviso stated in a press release this week that her failure to properly apportion $6.5 millßion in investment losses since 2009 was an honest mistake that could have been brought to her attention earlier, and is not grounds for her suspension. STORY »
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Line-item veto proposal would force compromise
Proposed amendments to the line-item veto power of the president would not remove or limit those powers, Budget and Finance Committee Chairman LoRenzo Bates said Tuesday.
Man behind failed BCDS deal faces tax evasion charges
Although he hasn't received a slap on the wrist by the Navajo Nation for fleecing the tribe out of more than $1 million, Hak Ghun is now facing major prison time for his attempt to cheat the IRS.
Friendship House, alumni look back, forward
During his 19 years serving at St. Anne's Mission, Bro. John Hotstream has he purpose of most reunions is to look back. But at a meeting of recovering alcoholics here April 20, the focus was on the future.
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Police Blotter
Missing children found in car trunk. More than 1,000 people came out on May 9 and 10 to help search for two young children that were reported missing from their front yards in Kayenta.
Flags ordered at half-staff for code talker Samuel Tso
Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso, 89, of Lukachukai, Ariz., passed away Wednesday evening with family members beside him at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington.
Board votes to close 3 rez schools
The Gallup-McKinley County School district will have three less schools this coming September. The district's school board voted 3-2 Thursday to close down three schools to save $2.7 million next year.
Diné worker fired for speaking Navajo
When Juanita Blake went to the Page-Lake Powell Job Fair March 3, she hoped to get a job as an interpreter for Zion's Way, a home health and hospice care facility, serving the neighboring communities on the reservation.
Northern Edge seeing different clientele
Three months after opening the Northern Edge Navajo Casino near Farmington, officials for the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise have noticed differences from the tribe's first casino, Fire Rock. One of the main differences, said Bob Winter, the enterprise's CEO, is the clientele.
Going NATIVE
New building embodies the future of career education. Not all that long ago, vocational education was the neglected stepchild of Arizona's education system, reserved for those students who, as their counselors scribbled on their transcripts, were "not college material."
'The police are here!'
An early morning raid on suspected bootleggers and drug dealers in the Chinle area May 4 netted 12 arrests - nine suspected dealers and three apparent customers, a police spokesman said.
Police Blotter
A one vehicle rollover that occurred neat Ojo Encino, N.M., on May 4 claimed the lives of a Navajo grandmother and a four-year-old boy.Navajo police were called to the area about four miles east of the Ojo Encino Chapter House about 10 a.m.
Community views
- LETTERS
Water deal surrenders sovereignty
"This April hundreds of Navajo citizens gathered at chapter houses across the reservation to express their concern and opposition to the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Settlement and its companion Senate Bill 2109.The passionate activism expressed at town hall meetings and protests - echoed in countless posts, photographs, and links that have erupted on the Internet - reveals Navajos' long-held dissatisfaction with how tribal government has managed their resources."
Melanie K. Yazzie
Teresa Montoya
Khalil A. Johnson
Lloyd Lee
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, N.M.
- REPORTERS NOTEBOOK
Experts: Eclipse a good test of cultural relevance
"When Robert Johnson was a boy on Black Mesa, you knew an eclipse was starting by the hush that fell over the land. People hurried to corral their livestock, ran inside, woke up sleeping relatives, built a fire and prayed. "
By Cindy Yurth
Tséyi' Bureau
