50 Years Ago: Program to replace Mexican workers with Navajos hits a few snags
A special project begun in January of 1965 to replace Mexicans working on farms in Yuma, Arizona with Navajos has hit a few snags.
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50 Years Ago: IRS finally agrees to allow deductions for ceremonies
This is tax season on the Navajo Reservation and although officials for the Internal Revenue Service report that less than five percent of Navajos file a federal income tax report, those that do will now be able to deduct expenses for Navajo ceremonies.
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Election office waiting for ruling by Supreme Court on election issue
Briefs filed in the last week before the Navajo Supreme Court by a number of parties, including Dale Tsosie, Hank Whitethorne and the Navajo Election Administration are all encouraging the court to order that the special election for tribal president be held as soon as possible.
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50 Years Ago: Hopi traditionalists sue their tribal council
Back in the 1960s, the battle between the Hopi Tribal Council and traditionalists on the Hopi Reservation raged hot and heavy and Navajo Nation President Raymond Nakai kept in close contact with the traditionalists to win over their support for the Navajos in the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute.
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Shelly to continue as president
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with some members of the Navajo Nation Council Thursday to clarify his continued role as president and address other pressing issues.
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Dewpoint: 8.1 F (-13.3 C)
Humidity: 84%
Wind: East at 3.5 MPH (3 KT)
Pressure: 30.12
Highway 264,
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