Window Rock News

The Wrap reports that the Navajo Nation Museum in Arizona is teaming with Lucasfilm in order to create a version of the film dubbed into the Navajo language of Dine in order to help preserve their traditional heritage.

Navajo-Hopi Observer WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly approved an $8.6 million measure to bring water development projects and plans to several Navajo Nation communities.

Fans of the "Star Wars'' movie have flocked to the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock over the last two days for voice auditions.

A federal jury in Las Vegas found a Nevada-based homebuilder guilty of siphoning federal money designated for building affordable homes in the Navajo Nation to pay for gambling, furs, jewelry and thoroughbred racehorse training.

Members of the Navajo tribe in the southwestern United States are hoping the force will be with them as they dub "Star Wars" into their native Dine language.

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TOP: Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly speaks at the Navajo Housing Authority's 50th anniversary celebration Wednesday at Nakai Hall in Window Rock.

Photo/Alex Proimos Katherine Locke Reporter WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation Council tabled a decision until Monday on a Navajo Generating Station lease extension, citing concerns about the federal government's role, water use, pollution and the make-up of the negotiating team.

The classic 1977 film that launched a science fiction empire and revealed the force within a farm boy who battles evil has been dubbed in Japanese, French, Spanish and about a dozen other languages.

FOR COLIN FIRTH , one of the first challenges he took after winning Best Actor for "The King's Speech" was the title role in the little indie "Arthur Newman." Not a challenge in terms of scale - the movie opened Friday on a handful of screens.

The classic 1977 film that launched a science fiction empire and revealed the force within a farm boy who battles evil has been dubbed in Japanese, French, Spanish and about a dozen other languages.

A handful of Navajo speakers translated the script for "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope." Now people are being sought to fill some two dozen roles.

TOP: Map SECOND FROM TOP: Newly elected Chapter President Timothy Johnson spreads out planning documents on the floor of his office Thursday.

The original 1977 classic "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" will be the first major motion picture to be redubbed into the Navajo language, Din.