50 Years Ago

People who saw the front page of the Dec. 17, 1964, issue of the Navajo Times probably thought at first that the administration had finally gotten its act together and managed to bring economic development onto the reservation.

Something happened in late November 1964 that would have a profound effect on the lives of every member of the Navajo Tribe at that time and for the future.

There had been a lot of stories over the past two years in the paper about Robert Littell, the...

The battle between Navajo Tribal Chairman Raymond Nakai and Norman Littell, the tribe’s general counsel, continues.

It was a presidential election year and after numerous articles about Barry Goldwater and Lyndon Johnson, the election issue of the Navajo Times tackled the big issues of the day.