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...figure in the lawmakers' investigation is Peter MacDonald, 60, Chairman of the Navajo nation, whose reservation encompasses 17 million acres in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Raised to be a medicine man, MacDonald went on to become a successful aerospace engineer. In the 1960s he gave up a lucrative job to return to his people and help manage their finances. It turns out, investigators say, that he managed only too well...
Elected tribal Chairman in 1970, MacDonald set out to improve the Navajos' economy by demanding better prices for the tribe's oil, coal and natural-gas reserves. Along the way, say his critics, the Chairman spent tribal funds profusely. He reportedly hired a public relations firm for $1.5 million. He had his office in Window Rock, Ariz., remodeled for $600,000, of which $4,800 alone went to pay for carved office doors. He chartered a jet for more than $18,000 to take him and his family to the 1988 Orange Bowl...
...same time that his accusers say he was depleting the tribal treasury, MacDonald was considerably improving his own financial state, supplementing his $55,000-a-year salary with lavish "gifts" from outside contractors. His critics did not call him "MacDollar" for nothing. Testifying under immunity before the Senate committee, MacDonald's son Peter Jr. said that when his father needed cash, he would call a benefactor and ask for "golf balls," MacDonald Sr.'s code word for $1,000 cash payments. MacDonald Jr. would then collect the bribe...
...most serious allegation facing MacDonald -- who has yet to respond to a committee subpoena -- concerns a tawdry kickback scam. In July 1987 MacDonald arranged for the Navajos to buy the 491,000-acre Big Boquillas ranch near Seligman, Ariz. The tribe paid $33.4 million for the place, which only two days earlier had been purchased by an oil company for $26.2 million. Real estate broker Byron ("Bud") Brown testified that when he was fixing the deal with MacDonald, the Navajo leader smiled and said, "I assume I'll be taken care of." Replied Brown: "Certainly...
Third Period--9, H, Young 29 (Donato, Bourbeau) 4:57; 10, H, MacDonald 24 (Caplan, Young). Penalties--H, Caplan (holding) :47; R, Casalena (slashing) 3:49; R, Townshend (butt-ending and game suspension) 6:41; R, Bench (delay of game) 6:41; H, Weisbrod (tripping and 10:00 misconduct) 13:26; R, Casalena (slashing) 13:26; R, Kummu (holding) 13:57; H, Hartje (interference...