50 Years Ago

The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time where members of the tribe became vocal in their complaints about how they were treated in border communities near the Navajo Reservation.

No one can call Sam Billison a quitter.

It’s only been a few months since the world was made aware of what some 400 Navajos did to help the Allies defeat the Japanese during World War II. And the Navajo Code Talkers are beginning to realize that a grateful nation wants to thank them.

Less than a year old, the new Navajo Community College is in the midst of its first major controversy after NCC director Bob Roessel threw a traveling theatrical group off the campus for what he viewed as an “obscene” performance.