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Tribal Council puts leader of Navajo Nation on suspension

by Dennis Wagner – Oct. 27, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic 
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. was placed on administrative leave Monday by the Tribal Council, escalating a power struggle on America’s largest Native American reservation.
Shirley, who has promoted a December ballot measure that would dramatically reduce the number of council members, said he has [...]

AMBER Alert Symposium Focuses on Families of Abducted Children and Program Developments

492 Children Safely Recovered Since Program Began
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The sixth annual AMBER Alert Symposium, sponsored by the Justice Department, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) opened today in Tampa, Fla. The symposium includes federal, state, tribal and local representatives from the United States as well as international partners from Canada, Mexico and the [...]