50 Years Ago
50 years ago: Memories of Long Walk, captivity still linger
The Navajo Tribe was seeing a lot of interest among tribal members who wanted to participate in one way or another in the 100th anniversary celebration of the signing of the Treaty of 1868.
50 Years Ago: A part of Diné culture: Frybread
As members of the Navajo Nation celebrated the centennial of the Long Walk 50 years ago, it was also time to take note of another milestone in the cultural history of the Navajo people – the frybread.
50 Years Ago: List of dead in Vietnam War: 20
This being the Memorial Day issue for the Navajo Times in 1968, the paper honored those who have given their lives in the war in Vietnam since 1962.
50 Years Ago: Ft. Defiance played a role in Diné history
As the Navajo Times prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Long Walk in June, the paper gave its readers a front page story on the historical importance of Fort Defiance to the history of the Navajo people.
50 years ago: Letters section allows a voice for complaints
If you were a reader of the Navajo Times in 1968, you may have noticed a major change in the paper that showed for the first time that the paper was giving Navajos a voice to air their concerns.
50 years ago: Traders prohibited from hiring non-Indians
The Advisory Committee for the Navajo Tribal Council passed a resolution this week that has gotten Indian traders on the reservation in an uproar and has surprised a lot of BIA officials.
50 years ago: Officials criticize CBS documentary
As Sarah Ann Johnson, the former Miss Navajo and current Miss Indian America, continued her tour back east promoting a CBS documentary on Indian America, officials here on the Navajo Reservation were sharply criticizing the program.
50 Years Ago: Miss Indian America makes the front page
Back in the 1960s, the Navajo Times had a thing for Sarah Ann Johnson, the Piñon, Arizona, native who in 1967 was selected to be Miss Indian America.
50 years ago: Church plans new college, but offers no details
Just weeks after it was announced that the Navajo Reservation would get its first community college comes a story about the second community college to be established.
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.
