Word: navajos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...statement issued to the press by representatives of the Navajo, Iroquois and Sioux nations, the Indians accused the federal government of practicing a "clear-cut policy of genocide," as defined by the Geneva Convention...
Williams, an Economics concentrator who is executive director of the Navajo Tax Commission, said the AIH sponsors cultural events, dinners, a lecture series and competes in an Ivy League Indian basketball league, in addition to organizing the annual conference...
...founder of Rolling Stone and the managing editor of the Washington Post took part, as did two of the most conservative newspaper columnists in the U.S. Gloria Steinem and the Knicks' Bill Bradley were there, and so were a former Heisman Trophy winner, a Nobel Laureate, a Navajo tribal leader, nine college presidents, 15 mayors and Governors, 14 Congressmen and Senators, and scores of businessmen, teachers, lawyers and economists. The occasion: a two-day conference held in Washington by TIME on the subject of leadership...
PETER MacDONALD, chairman, Navajo Tribal Council: I grew up in the middle of the Navajo reservation. There were no taxes, welfare or store, newspaper or anything, not even radio. Talk about separate. Up until I was seven and left the reservation, the only people in this world were Navajos. Respect for certain things was drilled into me. Also not to question those things which the elders have put together. When I left the reservation I did well because the basic thing that motivated me was respect for what was already accomplished. Today young people are beginning to question all kinds...
Says Atcitty: "We want to offer the means for every Navajo to have a better life-on the reservation or off-but we want to build on the strong foundation of our own culture. That works best...