When people today think of the years Raymond Nakai served as chairman of the Navajo Tribe, many may have the impression that one of the reasons he would eventually lose his chairmanship to Peter MacDonald was because he couldn’t compete with MacDonald’s oratory skills.
Read MoreNavajo Nation Chairman Raymond Nakai continued to be hammered by the “Old Guard” in the Navajo Tribal Council and during the early part of February, 1966, the attack was headed by the only woman on the tribal council, Annie Wauneka.
Read MoreWhen Navajo tribal leaders learned 50 years ago that Congress was going to investigate the tribe, no one knew what to say. So they said nothing.
Read MoreLong before there was any controversy about pro and college teams using racial Indian names as mascots, the Navajo Times kind of brought up that issue on its front page when it printed an article promoting the upcoming Navajo Invitational Tournament.
Read MoreAnnie Wauneka, one of the most powerful political leaders on the Navajo Reservation in 1966, issued a statement exclusively to the Navajo Times in mid-January regarding her feeling that the tribal court system needed to be strengthen to ferret out what she saw was massive corruption within the tribal government,
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