Window Rock News

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.

The son of the late Navajo Code Talker Willard V. Oliver, Sgt. Major Virgil Oliver, salutes his father one last time Saturday in Lukachukai, Ariz.

Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., disappointed with council action to place him on leave, attributes it to his government reform effort By GEORGE HARDEEN, Office of the President & Vice President, Navajo Nation WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.

Navajo lawmakers voted Monday to place the tribe's president on administrative leave, pending an investigation into allegations of ethical, civil or criminal involvement with two companies that had been operating on the reservation.

26, to consider a resolution to place President Joe Shirley Jr. and members of his staff on leave.

Harry Tso, Jr.,39, of Window Rock, Ariz., was arraigned in federal court yesterday on one count of Embezzlement from an Indian Tribal Organization.

Navajo lawmakers will have a crowded agenda when they meet this week for their fall session, and many of the bills have been considered before.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. a " Another Navajo Code Talker has died.Family members say 88-year-old Willard Varnell Oliver died Wednesday at a Veterans Administration hospital in Prescott, Ariz.

Police say Tyrone Wright died Saturday afternoon at Gallup Indian Medical Center after being found stabbed in a ditch on Gallup's north side.

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. was not stranded in London earlier this week, and no, he doesn't need your money to pay travel debts.

Jymn Mariano, from Mariano Lake, N.M., looks at a photograph in the Navajo Nation Museum's "Through the Lens: DinZ Photographers" exhibit Tuesday in Window Rock.

Eva Smiley, legislative aid to the Resources Committee, hides from the photographer behind documents that list numerous checks written to her daughter and father at the legislative branch offices on Sept.