50 Years Ago

For a brief period in 1970, John Billy of Steamboat became the face of the Navajo people to the American public.

The Navajo tribe received terrible news this week from an Arizona superior court judge who ruled in favor of the state on the question of whether Navajos living on the reservation had to pay state tax.

The Navajo Times, in its second issue of 1970, finally recognized the importance of the Navajo Taco.

If you are over the age of 60 and lived in a rural Navajo community, you probably recognize the fact that a lot has changed over the past half century.

One of the big issues covered by the Navajo Times in 1969 was the question of whether liquor sales should be made legal on the reservation.