Documents that were released just before Christmas of 1964 indicated that if the Navajo Tribal Council hadn’t taken steps to deal with the tribe’s growing financial crisis, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was prepared to step in and do something.
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Richie Nez, who has been the chief hearing officer for the Navajo Nation Office of Hearings and Appeals since it was created, was removed from office by Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly this week.
Read MoreThe tension between Navajo Tribal Chairman Raymond Nakai and the old guard on the Navajo Tribal Council had been growing in recent weeks but what the Council did on Dec. 19, 1964, came as a surprise to everyone.
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A major debate went on within the Navajo Tribal Council a half century ago over traffic laws on the Navajo Reservation. Or more to the point, not enough traffic laws.
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A Navajo woman, who was the subject of a 2014 profile by NBC News because of her problems with a Gallup payday loan company, has now taken that company to court.
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