50 Years Ago

Over his past six-and-a-half years in office, a lot of negative things were said by various tribal leaders about the tribe’s chairman, Raymond Nakai, but the one thing he was known for was his loyalty to the people he appointed as division directors.

No one can call Sam Billison a quitter.

It’s only been a few months since the world was made aware of what some 400 Navajos did to help the Allies defeat the Japanese during World War II. And the Navajo Code Talkers are beginning to realize that a grateful nation wants to thank them.

Less than a year old, the new Navajo Community College is in the midst of its first major controversy after NCC director Bob Roessel threw a traveling theatrical group off the campus for what he viewed as an “obscene” performance.

Even the Arizona attorney general says what Apache and Navajo counties are doing is illegal but the counties are planning to go ahead and do it anyway.