Author: Bill Donovan

The Navajo Nation primary will be held Monday and pretty much everyone believes Raymond Nakai and Peter MacDonald will take the two top spots.

I started covering the Navajo government on September 1971 so I missed the 1970 election between Peter MacDonald and Raymond Nakai. So my accounts of the race in the past few columns have been based on stories printed in the Navajo Times and local newspapers as well as a few things I remember being told about the election.

As members of a Navajo activist group, Indians Against Exploitation, began preparing to hold protests at the 1970 Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, a federal judge made a ruling on a protest held at the 1969 event.

Many readers of the Navajo Times learned that there are actually two Hopi governments. Well, actually an official government and an official anti-government.

While Gallup residents are making last minute preparations for the 1970 Ceremonial, the 1969 Ceremonial will take center stage in Santa Fe.