50 Years Ago

In the fall of 1969, leaders of tribes in the country were extremely worried that the Nixon administration would accept suggestions to terminate the federal government’s trust authority over Indian nations.

The 23rd annual Navajo Tribal Fair will get underway on Wednesday and fair officials are making plans for some special guests.

Today everyone seems to take for granted that the Navajo Nation has the right to tax businesses that operate on the reservation. But in 1969 that was a concept that had yet to be tested in the courts.

[T]he big attraction was a front-page story about the opening of a tennis shoe factory in Mexican Springs, New Mexico, at the site of a former Job Corps operation.