50 Years Ago

The Navajo Tribe received some really good news 50 years ago this week from the Peabody Coal Company.

The Navajo Times has taken up the cause of a Navajo man from Leupp, Arizona, who spent 12 days in a Flagstaff jail for trying to steal a pint of whisky from a convenience store.

Just when everyone thought the feud between the members of the Navajo Tribal Council and the reservation’s legal aid service had died down, the tribe found a new way to activate it.

The Navajo Tribe won a major court battle against the federal government for stealing lands that should belong to the tribe.

The Indian Trader’s Association, made up of owners of trading posts on and near the Navajo Reservation, issued a report this week, which predicted that the trading post business on the reservation may be coming to an end.