50 Years Ago

Today, the Navajo Nation employs more than 40 attorneys and spends millions of dollars on legal expenses. Back in 1969, the total cost of the tribe’s legal affairs was $100,000, according to a report to the Navajo Tribal Council.

The Navajo Tribal Council, 50 years ago this week, spent most of a day trying to decide what to do about a problem that came up at the Navajo Police Department.

As 1969 came to a close on the Navajo Reservation, the one thing that seemed to be on everyone’s mind was the next year’s election for chairman.

Fifty years ago last week, the Navajo Times reported that members of the Navajo Tribal Council, during a special session, discussed approving a retirement plan for tribal employees.

Forty years ago this week construction crews began preparing a section of land near Tsaile Lake to become the new home of the college.