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3 hrs ago | KOAT.com

Navajo Lawmakers Vote Down Term Limits

The Navajo Nation Tribal Council has rejected a referendum that would have imposed term limits for delegates and the speaker of the council.

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Related Topix: Shiprock, NM

Thu Jul 24, 2008

New Mexico Independent

Navajos take on the government over compensation for uranium mining.

The Rocky Mountain News is taking an in-depth look at how Navajo uranium miners are faring in receiving compensation from the U.S. government decades after their work.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy

New Mexico Independent

NM to adopt first-in-nation Navajo-language school textbook

New Mexico's Public Education Department announced today that the state will become the first in the nation to adopt a Navajo language textbook on Monday at the Instructional Materials Bureau Advisory Council ...

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Related Topix: Santa Fe Metro, Santa Fe, NM, Northern Arizona University, Education Etc.

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Las Cruces Sun-News

Navajo lawmakers vote down term limits

The Navajo Nation Tribal Council has rejected a referendum that would have imposed term limits for delegates and the speaker of the council.

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Related Topix: Shiprock, NM

El Defensor Chieftain

County hesitates to make wolf pact

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offered an agreement with Socorro County, among others, which asked for cooperation and participation of policy documentation.

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Related Topix: Socorro County, NM, Magdalena, NM

Sun Jul 20, 2008

ABQJournal

Updated at 10:45am -- Gallup Police Name 2 Rock Slide Victims

Family of third person buried under 12-foot-wide boulder hasn't been reached yet.

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Related Topix: Landslide, Gallup, NM

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Las Cruces Sun-News

Navajo Council to consider commercial smoking ban

The Navajo Nation Council is to consider a measure next week during its summer session that would prohibit the use of commercial tobacco in public buildings and shared public air spaces, such as fairs and ...

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, Smoking, Medicine, Health

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Las Cruces Sun-News

Dona Ana County up for state DWI funding

Gov. Bill Richardson says the state is expanding a public awareness campaign focused on American Indian communities in an effort to combat drunken driving.

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Related Topix: Dona Ana County, NM, Bill Richardson, US Politics, US News, Bernalillo, NM

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Las Cruces Sun-News

Colo. official speaks out on N.M. power plant

The head of the Colorado health department said Friday that the state opposes the fast-tracking of the permit process for a proposed coal-fired power plant in New Mexico.

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Related Topix: Farmington, NM, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Gallup Independent

NTUA: Water quaity on rez varies

In 2006, a water well in Navajo, N.M., within the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority system was found to be susceptible to radionuclide contamination and was shut down.

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Related Topix: Farmington, NM, Tse Bonito, NM

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Farmington Daily Times

TV show featuring Navajo Nation gets favorable reviews

Morgan Spurlock's "30 days on the Navajo Reservation" was broadcast Tuesday night on the FX network, and the show received generally positive comments from Navajo residents.

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Related Topix: Tohatchi, NM, Upper Fruitland, NM

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Farmington Daily Times

Navajo Council addresses lagging chapter certification

Only nine Navajo Nation chapters have earned Local Governance Act certification in as many years, a condition that is prompting tribal leaders to reignite interest.

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Gallup Independent

Monday July 7, 2008

BELOW : A man is silhouetted against a ferris wheel during the Saturday's carnival at the Navajo Nation Fourth of July Celebration in Window Rock.

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Related Topix: Gallup, NM

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Farmington Daily Times

Network series 30 Days' focuses on Navajo culture: Show to air Tuesday night

Morgan Spurlock experiences life in many different ways, spending 30 days living in someone else's shoes.

155 comments

Related Topix: Morgan Spurlock, Tohatchi, NM, 30 Days, Entertainment, Television

Farmington Daily Times

On the trail of the churros: Students examine influence of sheep on Navajo, Hispanic cultures

A group of select students from Mesa Alta Junior High School learned about culture, writing and personal growth from an unlikely source this summer - sheep.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, House, NM, Chama, NM

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Navajo Times

A lifetime of memories

Annie "Grandma" Holyan-Dennison, 80, shown next to a portrait of her late great-grandfather, Chief Manuelito, on June 13 at her home north of Tohatchi, N.M. NASCHITTI, N.M., July 3, 2008 T he vast openness of ...

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Related Topix: Tohatchi, NM, Morgan Spurlock, 30 Days, Entertainment, Television

Thu Jul 03, 2008

KOB-TV

ABQ drivers enjoy cheaper gas prices

Albuquerque drivers continue to get an advantage at the pump as gas prices rise around New Mexico.

14 comments

Related Topix: Albuquerque Metro, Albuquerque, NM, Artesia, NM

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Farmington Daily Times

Rising fuel prices hit Navajo residents hard

Rising fuel costs have put the gas station in this roadside community in high demand.

59 comments

Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Waterflow, NM, Newcomb, NM, Shiprock, NM, Farmington, NM

Farmington Daily Times

Relocated Navajos question feds

Unlike most of the vast, impoverished Navajo Nation, in this town all the roads are paved, schools and clinics are a short drive away, and everyone has electricity and running water in their homes.

8 comments

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Las Cruces Sun-News

Navajo lawmakers earn above $50,000

More than half of the Navajo Nation's council delegates doubled their base salaries in 2007 through payments for meeting attendance and sponsoring legislation.

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Related Topix: Rock Springs, NM, Gallup, NM

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