50 Years Ago: Plummer begins 20-plus years as head of BIA’s Eastern Agency
The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced this week that Edward O. Plummer has been named the agency superintendent for the Eastern Agency.
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Crownpoint gas station, hotel construction set to start
Residents in the Eastern Navajo Agency have been complaining for years about the lack of economic development in their area.
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50 Years Ago: Alcoholism Committee head against liquor sales on rez
While other tribes have allowed liquor sales on their reservations and it has worked out well for them, it wouldn’t work here on the Navajo Reservation, said Benjamin Hogue.
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Oil & Gas seeks $40 million bailout but prez is barrier
So far officials for the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company have had no problem getting support for their request of up to a $40 million bailout to prevent the banks from taking over the company’s assets. But their efforts will soon hit an immovable object – the president of the Navajo Nation, Russell Begaye.
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50 years ago: Medicine men note fewer apprentices
It turned out that 1968 and 1969 were watershed years in the history of Navajo culture.
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Dewpoint: 25.0 F (-3.9 C)
Humidity: 35%
Wind: South at 9.2 MPH (8 KT)
Pressure: 30.21
Highway 264,
I-40, WB @ Winslow