A lifetime of coaching
"This is the proudest day of my life," said former Wingate coach Dewey Bohling, 73, as he marched into the banquet hall at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Albuquerque. He took his place next to his wife of 38 years, Ramah native Sandra Bohling (Meadow People Clan, born for Bitter Water Clan). STORY »
BIA may pull $35 million police contract
Recent allegations of misconduct by Division of Public Safety Director John Billison and top police commanders has jeopardized a multi-million dollar federal contract that funds police services on the Navajo Reservation. STORY »
By Noel Lyn Smith | Navajo Times
Code Talker Jimmie Begay passes away
The Navajo Nation has lost another code talker. Sgt. Jimmie Begay passed away Wednesday night at Tsehootsoi Medical Center in Fort Defiance at the age of 88. During World War II, Begay served in the 1st Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, Saipan, and Tinian. STORY »
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Gaming officials request Navajo police coverage
The Law and Order Committee will hold a special meeting today at 10 a.m. in the north conference room of the Navajo Nation Council Chamber to discuss placing law enforcement officers at the tribe's casinos. The discussion is being continued from Monday's committee meeting.
Nonprofit groups build housing coalition
Frustrated by what they see as a lack of government response to the dearth of decent housing on the Navajo Nation, a group of 22 nonprofit leaders and concerned citizens met here Saturday and established a coalition to address the problem.
Police Blotter for February 2, 2012
INDOW ROCK - A Leupp, Ariz., woman died in a one-vehicle accident that occurred Jan. 22 on Navajo Route 2. Navajo police were dispatched to the scene near mile marker 10 at about 9:41 a.m. after a call from family members of the deceased, who was identified as Marlanda Chee, 26.
The warrior returns
A soldier goes off to war. A soldier returns and in Native tradition, the soldier is honored. In the year 2012, that ceremony can even take place inside a transformed restaurant in the city.
Owner sues after loan company disables truck
A Michigan-based finance company is alleged to be electronically disabling vehicles on the reservation when the owners fall behind on their payments, in violation of Navajo law. Veronika Fabian, a former DNA attorney now based in Chandler, Ariz., makes the allegation in a class-action suit filed against the Credit Acceptance Corp. on behalf of Deanna Begay of Chinle.
NHA: Woodstoves on way to Fuzzy Mountain
Wood-burning stoves are coming to 45 Navajo Housing Authority public housing units on Poplar Avenue in Navajo, N.M. After meeting Wednesday with 40 or so tenants at the Navajo Nation Museum, and hearing their appeals for woodstoves to keep warm in the poorly insulated NHA units they occupy, CEO Aneva Yazzie announced that woodstoves will be installed in the units.
Census: Native count jumps by 27 percent
America's Native population climbed by nearly a third between 2000 and 2010, surprising U.S. Census Bureau data analysts and delighting managers of federally funded programs whose budgets depend on official head counts. "I think the numbers surprised us all," said Tina Norris, an analyst with the Census's Racial Studies Branch who authored a brief that was presented to the press Wednesday.
P-card abuse empties tribal office's budget
A former accountant in the Navajo Nation's Division of Economic Development wiped out an entire department's operating budget of about $157,000 with purchases of personal luxury items, travel and other purchases, all made on a tribal credit card, or P-card, an audit reveals.
Diné student gains fame for research
Some say the world will end in fire, some in ice. Then there are those, including a Navajo undergrad at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Mont., who think fire and ice make darn good research subjects. And Cody Sifford is not alone. He's been invited to conferences all over the country to present his work. Not bad for a kid from "Podunk, Montana," as Sifford likes to say. (Actually, Huntley, Mont., population 411.)
Tsosie says laws need to be toughened
Lost in the dust-up between two tribal leaders meeting Sunday in a tiny Eastern Navajo chapter was the reason for the meeting - the almost total lack of law enforcement in the farthest eastern chapters.
NHA's broken promises
Woodstoves, in new and renovated Navajo Housing Authority public housing units across the Navajo Nation, are no longer an option to keep tenants warm during the winter months, according to officials here at NHA headquarters. "All our public units that undergo renovation and going forward from here, they don't come with woodstoves," said Roberta Roberts, director of government and public relations for NHA, in a Jan. 13 interview.
Council to consider changes to Navajo Nation Code
WINDOW ROCK - When the Navajo Nation Council meets for the winter session starting Jan. 23 the delegates will consider three bills that are proposing changes to Title 2 of the Navajo Nation Code.
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Check what you buy in border towns
On the first Saturday of January 2012 we bought in cash a wood coal stove from Gallup Lumber and Supply. It would have been a good deal if it all went well. But the thing is we had bought a damaged item on sale.
James and Ella Bitannie
Chinle, Ariz.
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Wilco: Sweet sounds to go with self-destruction
If I were a songwriter I would be like Jeff Tweedy.Now, who is Jeff Tweedy? He is the leader of the Chicago-based band, Wilco. And why would I write songs like Tweedy?
By Noel Lyn Smith
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