Window Rock News

Heard on All Things Considered January 1, 2010 - MICHELE NORRIS, host: The usual end-of-year obits tend to focus on the passing of famous actors, politicians, inventors - notables, we call them.

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, right, gets instructions from Johnny R. Thompson as he signs in for early voting at the Navajo Election Administration office in Window Rock, Ariz.

Lee White, 53, of Window Rock, Arizona and a member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder for killing a 51-year-old member of the Navajo Nation.

Authorities say a Fort Defiance man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in January on the Navajo Nation.

15 special election. With 41.7 percent of voters participating, 14 chapters voted against one or both of the initiative questions: whether to reduce the council from 88 to 24 members and whether to expand the president's veto authority over spending measures.

The Arizona Corporation Commission will vote today on a possible rate hike for Arizona Power Systems customers .

Navajo voters Tuesday will decide the fate of two branches of the tribal government as they consider whether to reduce the number of Tribal Council delegates from 88 to 24 and whether to allow the president line-item veto authority.

Firefighters and paramedics carry a New Mexico Department of Transportation snowplow driver to an ambulance.

Former Chairman and President Peterson Zah waits for his name to be called Wednesday to vote yes for the council reduction and line-item veto in Window Rock.

In the evening, Slivers followed him home to their hogan over the hill. When they got home, if someone had their wagon parked outside their hogan, Slivers knew they were going to ask her father to conduct an 'ii'nj , a Lifeway healing ceremony.

Miss Navajo Nation Tashina Nelson, who sang a traveling song at the Window Rock fairgrounds for the 65-foot spruce, climbs a ladder to sign her name.

Tribal Department of Justice attorney Henry Howe told lawmakers last week that Attorney General Louis Denetsosie soon will file a petition with the Window Rock District Court to appoint a special prosecutor.

Elizabeth Clah, of Many Farms, Ariz., demonstrates how to weave a rug at the Adopt a Native Elder Program in Deer Valley, Utah, on Nov.

An investigation into whether the leader of the country's largest American Indian reservation and others broke any laws in connection with two companies that operated on the Navajo Nation is moving forward.

In this July 31, 2009 photo provided by the Navajo Code Talker Association, Keith Little, left, gets a plaque from Page, Ariz.

The chief prosecutor in the case against a teen suspected of murdering a nun on the Navajo Indian Reservation last week is refusing to turn him over to federal authorities without an extradition request.

Albuquerque television station KRQE reported Monday that 18-year-old Reehahlio Carroll tried to kill himself in the Window Rock, Ariz., jail on Friday, the day after he was arrested in the case.

A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.--During its first year of operation, Fire Rock Navajo Casino saw more than 1.3 million people walk through its doors.

ASUa s Labriola National American Indian Data Center is preparing to hold a book signing with two Navajo Code Talkers as part of a traveling exhibit on display at the Tempe campus.