(Times photo - Paul Natonabah)
Vietnam veteran Earl Milford lowers the U.S. flag over a cedar fire to be blessed with smoke at a ceremony inside a teepee during the house warming for disabled Army veteran Wilfred Holtsoi in Fort Defiance on May 2. The Tse Ho Tso Twin Warriors Society blessed the flag before they raised it outside. See story »
Shirley initiative divides branches
WINDOW ROCK-- President Joe Shirley Jr.'s government reform initiative that would cut the council by two-thirds and give the president more veto power has divided the tribal government.
Navajo Times
'Miss Navajo' on tour
Working for change
Shiprock MarathonNow in columns & Letters to the Editor
- TOM ARVISO, JR.: Take time to hug your mother
- LETTER OF THE WEEK: Rita Jarrett.: The people want the council downsized
More letters:
- Reducing council will not save money
- Flustered, perplexed at actions of leaders
'Gentle touch'
No one understands more about the power of a gentle healing touch of a nurse than the patient. This week, members of the profession renewed their nursing oaths at Fort Defiance hospital as part of National Nursing Week.
Film about Navajo vets uncovers painful past
"Spirit Warriors: A Legacy of the Navajo Veteran" got rave reviews when it was unveiled at a Central Agency veterans conference. Some vets wished it could have been longer.
'08 fire season underway
Navajo Hot Shots firefighting crew "itching to go." Crew departed already, May 2, to fight one forest fire. More on way.
Grappling with success
Kyle Simpson is short, skinny and smart: classic bully bait. But the 9-year-old doesn't get bullied at school. Not since the last guy tried it.
Voter apathy?
What if you held an election and nobody wanted to run? Less than 100 people have signed up to run for more than 700 electoral offices in the upcoming Navajo Nation elections.
Cameron wants say in wind project
As the Navajo Nation prepares for a massive project to harness the wind to generate electricity, one chapter on whose land the 20-story windmills would be placed is feeling left out.
Addicted to gambling
Navajo officials warn about the dangers of rolling the dice one too many times.
Law enforcement helps Special Olympics
Law enforcement officers from Apache County and the Hopi and Navajo reservations lent their strong hearts and swift feet to raise money for the Navajo Natin Special Olympics team to compete this weekend in Tempe, Ariz.
Walking to prevent child abuse
Sometimes you feel helpless when it comes to preventing child abuse. Eugene Tso figures the least he could do is walk.
Police blotter
The latest roundup of crime and mayhem reports on the Navajo Reservation.
State of the Nation
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. came out swinging, blasting a $50 million legislative expansion plan in his State of the Nation speech.
Desert Rock coverup?
Opponents of the proposed Desert Rock powerplant have filed a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs of withholding critical environmental information.
Seeking the water jackpot
Navajos often speak of the cosmic geography of the Four Sacred Mountains, which mark the boundaries of their ancestral homeland. But the lives of many people here are shaped by a more pragmatic geography, centered on a coin-op water dispenser in a muddy turnaround behind a city maintenance building in downtown Gallup, N.M.
Labor: Police chief mistreated captain
Commission says Police Chief Jim Benally instituted a process that intimidated and harassed one of the department's captains, Veronica "Ronnie" Wauneka.
Peak renamed
Federal map officials have agreed to rename the third-highest peak in Phoenix Piestewa Peak, in honor of Pfc. Lori Piestewa, the first Native American woman to die in combat in the war in Iraq.
Four generations
The Goldtooth family grew up with Diné College, watching it grow as they grew and grew, as well.
Cell phone coverage expanding?
The sprawling Navajo Nation offers excellent demand for cell phone business. So, why is it only one provider offers coverage over most of the reservation?
Teens endure 3 weeks with no tech toys
When OnSat cut Internet service to the Navajo Nation on Monday, a group of rez teens was already prepared. They had already gone on an electronics "fast" for nearly a month.
Delegates to be charged
Prosecutors have announced they will pursue charges against council delegates after a Times story reported politicians sometimes got off the hook.
Longest Walkers oppose Desert Rock
American Indian activitists join environmentalists who say the energy plant would pollute the air over the Navajo Nation.
