50 Years Ago
50 Years Ago: Survey shows rez labor pool at 20,300
In 1967, the Navajo Nation had a Navajo Manpower Committee, which must have been created by the tribe’s chairman, Raymond Nakai, the year before because this is the first time it is mentioned in the Navajo Times.
50 Years Ago: ‘Petty’ dispute makes national news
The Navajo Tribal Fair was held this week and, yes, there was a controversy.
50 Years Ago: Nakai tries to take advantage of the fair
As the 21st annual Navajo Tribal Fair was on the verge of starting, Navajo Tribal Chairman Raymond Nakai was reportedly feeling very good about the past year and he wanted to send a message to fairgoers.
50 Years Ago: Medicine man murdered because of ‘hexing’
It was a tragedy of unbelievable proportions, according to one tribal police official — the murder of a Navajo medicine man.
50 Years Ago: Hippies raise ire of Nakai
Back in the 1960s, it was big news when a long-time trader on the Navajo Reservation died so it was no surprise when the Navajo Times put the news of Rueben Heflin’s passing on the front page of the August 24, 1967, issue.
50 Years Ago: A visit to the fair by U.S. vice president
The White House confirmed this week that U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey would indeed be attending the Navajo Tribal Fair on Friday, Sept. 9.
50 Years Ago – Delegate: Close Navajo Inn
The Navajo Tribal Council Delegate Albert Ross told the governor of New Mexico, David Cargo, that he was sick and tired of watching his relatives die because of alcohol abuse.
50 Years Ago: Couple drives from Utah with deceased son
It was, to say the least, a first for the Gallup Police Department when a Navajo couple drove up to police headquarters on July 30, 1967, and told them the body of their nine-year-old son was in the back seat of their car.
50 Years Ago: Udall: Tax like the Zunis
It’s not very often that federal officials say the Navajo Tribe would do well by watching what another tribe is doing.
50 Years Ago: Nakai’s staff takes over Navajo Times
Longtime readers of the Navajo Times knew immediately when they picked up the July 13 issue of the weekly newspaper that something was really different.
