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Census Data Added to Navajo Thaw Website
Navajo opposes U.S. relo office closure, citing unfulfilled promises
Navajo Times By Rima Krisst | Mar 5, 2020 WINDOW ROCK While detrimental impacts and trauma caused by the 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act live on through relocated families, the proposed fiscal 2021 federal budget reduction to $4 million for the U.S. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation signals the U.S. government is edging…
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Chapter Champions Committee Meets by Teleconference
No running water. No electricity. On Navajo Nation, coronavirus creates worry and confusion as cases surge
LA Times By Kurtis Lee March 29, 2020, 4 AM CAMERON, Ariz. — Lisa Robbins runs the generator attached to her family’s mobile home for just a few hours most mornings. With no electricity, it provides heat in this rural high-desert stretch of the Navajo Nation where overnight temperatures often linger in the low 30s this…
Read MoreTrying to be rebuild after 40 frozen years
LA Times By Kate Linthicum Nov. 5, 2009, 12 AM CAMERON, Ariz. — This is the land where Larry Gordy was destined to live, until it was made unlivable. The Navajo believe that a person will always be tied to the place where his or her umbilical cord is buried. When Gordy was born in…
Read MorePhase 3 Stimulus Bill Benefits to Indian Country
What It’s Like To Not Have Running Water During A Pandemic
Shanna Yazzie’s 10-year-old son stands by the family’s truck as water for their use is pumped from a nearby windmill. HuffPost By Alexander C. Kaufman | Mar 26, 2020 Thwarting the coronavirus means washing hands and staying hydrated. That’s not easy for the 2 million Americans still without plumbing in 2020. Two weeks ago, as…
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