50 Years Ago

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.

A complaint has been filed by 23 people, all employees of the Sanostee Boarding School or residents of Sanostee community, charging the school with racial discrimination in hiring.

Many people may have forgotten the number of tragedies that occurred due to head-on collisions between Gallup and Window Rock until the roads were upgraded to four lanes in the 1980s.