50 Years Ago: Literature textbook draws parents’ ire
Parents of students going to Shiprock High School were up in arms over an 11th-grade literature book in use by the Central Consolidated School District.
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50 Years Ago: Tribe resists requiring tuition for Navajos
We have reported in the past the objections by Navajo officials to a proposal going through the Colorado Legislature that would force Indian students to start paying tuition when they attend Fort Lewis College.
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50 Years Ago: Wool market crashes; ranchers, traders reel
Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald was facing his first crisis and it dealt with a problem he never even knew existed a month ago. His advisers warned him that if nothing was done thousands of Navajo ranchers would be facing enormous losses because the wool market had almost died in the past few months because of the increase in imported goods from overseas.
Read More50 Years Ago: MacDonald gives first major interview to Associated Press
Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald gave his first major interview to the Associated Press this week, giving tribal members an idea of some of the changes he was thinking about for the tribal government.
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50 Years Ago: Readers see focus on tribal news as one change
Although he has been editor for less than a month, Chet MacRorie has made a number of changes to the paper noticed by readers.
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Dewpoint: 16.0 F (-8.9 C)
Humidity: 41%
Wind: North at 12.7 MPH (11 KT)
Pressure: 30.47
Dewpoint: 16.0 F (-8.9 C)
Humidity: 41%
Wind: North at 12.7 MPH (11 KT)
Pressure: 30.47
Highway 264,
I-40, WB @ Winslow