(5) Gallup: A Border Town Of Violence. GALLUP: A BORDER TOWN OF VIOLENCE – Join us as Indigenous scholars and citizens share their research, thoughts and experiences with racism, criminalization, oppression and living as Natives in border towns. A free community event open to all: homeless, privileged, concerned. Community potluck will follow to feed our […]
Navajo Council is now on Reports. The first report is from Gallup City Mayor Jackie McKinney on city’s Detox Center. DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE Detox is located east side of Gallup and where people walking streets are placed there adn this program has been going strong for quite some time. There is issue over city tax. […]
www.nnhrc.navajo-nsn.gov/docs/TNCBLE-PublicHearings_updated.pdf. The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission is hosting public hearings on the treatment of Navajo citizens by law enforcement in border towns. In 2008, the NNHRC hosted several public hearings that examined race relations between Navajo and non-Navajo citizens. The Commission found that there is a serious lack of understanding of Navajo culture by […]
