What did BIA head Gover do?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after leaving office, a Clinton
administration official sat in his car outside his former workplace
and signed documents granting a group of American Indians status
as a tribe, a federal investigation has determined.
The paperwork for the Duwamish tribe outside Seattle was signed
Jan. 22, 2001, by Michael Anderson, the acting head of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs. A BIA staffer then stamped the document with
a date of Jan. 19, 2001 — Anderson's last day on the job.
The report by Interior Department's inspector general characterized
the agency's handling of the Duwamish petition and five others
approved at the end of the Clinton administration as "highly
unusual." Four were approved by Anderson's predecessor, Kevin
Gover.
In each case, the decision went against recommendations by BIA
staff assigned to determine if the tribes meet the recognition
criteria.
The Justice Department had been made aware of the backdated documents
prior to the release of the inspector general's report and had
declined to prosecute Anderson for impersonating a federal official.
In a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday, Rep.
Frank Wolf, R-Va., asked the Justice Department to reconsider
that decision.
Anderson, now a partner in a law firm that represents Indian tribes,
did not return phone calls seeking comment. In the report, he
admits the documents were signed after he left office, but said
he did not backdate them or instruct his staff to do so.
Federal recognition as a tribe grants Indians status as a sovereign
nation and makes them eligible for many federal benefits. It also
can pave the way for casinos on their land.
The inspector general's report paints a picture of a charged,
tense atmosphere in the closing days of the Clinton administration.
Staff from the BIA's Branch of Acknowledgment and Research (BAR)
clashed with Anderson and other top BIA officials who were pushing
to get tribal recognition decisions completed.
"The BAR staff collectively described the last 17 days of
the Clinton administration as pure hell," the report said.
The deputy commissioner for Indian affairs, Sharon Blackwell,
said confrontations were so heated that she expected someone would
get slapped.
It was Blackwell — a career BIA employee who remained through
the administrative change — who authorized Anderson to sign
the documents and believed backdating them was appropriate since
he had intended to sign them.
The report made no recommendation on criminal prosecution but
did suggest administrative action against Blackwell and the staffer
who backdated the document.
On Wednesday, Neal McCaleb, the Bush administration's assistant
secretary of Indian affairs, announced Blackwell's retirement.
McCaleb reversed the Duwamish recognition decision last September,
saying the group of 560 Indians does not fit criteria for federal
recognition. The Duwamish are appealing.
On the Net:
Rep. Frank Wolf: http://www.house.gov/wolf
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'Big Mountain 5' case in Hopi court
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
POLACCA — After the prosecution finished its case late Friday
afternoon in Hopi Tribal Court here, the defense asked Judge Gary
Larance to dismiss the case against the"Big Mountain 5."
But the jury had already been let go for the weekend and didn't hear
the motion by Joe Washington, lead defense attorney for Ruth and Louise
Benally, Pauline Whitesinger, Elvira Horseherder and Joella Ashkie.
(Thursday's story incorrectly identified Louise Benally as one of
the two oldest defendants. The two elderly women, in their 80s, who
are having everything translated into Navajo are Ruth Benally and
Whitesinger.)
The judge said he would announce his decision Monday morning at the
start of the fourth day of the trial as the defense tries to form
a reasonable doubt in the minds of the six Hopi jurors about whether
the five Navajo women broke the tribal trespassing ordinance.
They were arrested at tribal headquarters in Kykotsmovi on July 11
and booked overnight in the tribal jail, located next to the court,
on a criminal charge. This means that if they are convicted each could
receive maximum sentences of a year in jail and $5,000 fines.
Lead defense attorney Joe Washington presented his dismissal motion
after the judge recessed and admonished the jury shortly before 5
p.m.
Washington said the tribe's complaint charged the five with trespassing
into Hopi Partitioned Land Range Unit 262, but that some defendants
have tribal leases — the famous 75-year accommodation agreements
— within the unit and therefore had every right to be there.
The unit contains Camp Anna Mae, the first Sun Dance ceremonial grounds
on the Hopi and Navajo Indian Reservations.
After a fierce response by tribal Deputy Prosecutor Geoff Tager, the
judge said he needed the weekend to study tribal and federal law on
allowing the complaint to be amended since virtually all the witnesses
and testimony were about Camp Anna Mae and not Unit 262.
The Navajos steadfastly have maintained Chairman Wayne Taylor Junior's
administration interfered with a religious ceremony. The judge rejected
that move, since the jury was hearing a trespass complaint.
The Hopis maintain they have sovereign jurisdiction over what can
occur within their exterior boundaries and the tribal ordinance requires
a permit from the chairman before any event of any nature to be held
legally.
Deputy Prosecutor Tager hammered repeatedly at his witnesses, to leave
a lasting impression on jurors minds, that there was an illegal assembly
since no permit, or written request for one, had been issued, that
the leaders at the site were ordered to disperse, and that all structures
at the site on the northern edge of the expanded reservation had to
be torn down.
During testimony and the arguments on the dismissal motion, the two
attorneys battled back and forth about whether the ordinance's definition
of trespass was being met by having a wash and ridge prevent easy
access to the site and whether steep or virtually impassable terrain
constitutes enclosure.
Judge Larance said that will be a fact for the jury to determine.
The ordinance says trespass occurs when a person without permission
goes into an area that is cultivated, fenced or enclosed.
There was minute testimony that the Range Unit is fenced, but none
that the camp site was fenced, although access was restricted by a
checkpoint aimed at keeping out weapons, liquor and cops. Testimony
also revealed the ridges were patrolled by Sun Dance monitors and
the principal access was an access road off BIA Route 8027, also known
as Route 62.
Hopi Resources Chief Ranger Mervin Yoyetewa, who was a Navajo tribal
policeman for 20 years before retiring in 1999 to join the smaller
tribe's force, detailed how the five woman voluntarily rode with him
and another officer to Hopi tribal headquarters in an attempt to see
Taylor.
He said by arranging the trip he de-escalated a confrontation in which
the Sun Dance crowd was endangering everyone's safety.
The chief ranger testified that when Taylor couldn't be reached —
he had gone to kiva near his mother's home in Shungopavi — a
speaker telephone conversation was conducted with Eugene Kaye, the
chairman's chief of staff.
Yoyetewa's testimony indicated he wasn't sure he had enough to arrest
the Sun Dance leaders while at Camp Anna Mae, but
after Kaye said they violated the ordinance, he had them arrested.
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Mitchell's mom: 'Make Kiro suffer'
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The mother of slain Cpl. Larry Brian Mitchell said Friday
she's for the death penalty but she wishes Robert Kiro to suffer a
life without being able to see his family or children.
Meanwhile, Kiro's sister said she thinks if Gallup Police hadn't stormed
Kiro's trailer that fateful day, nobody would be dead.
Both women responded to Friday's announcement by the District Attorney's
Office that the office intends to seek the death penalty against Kiro.
Whether or not the office will be able to seek the death penalty in
Kiro's upcoming trial will depend upon an "aggravating circumstance
hearing" in District Court in front of Judge Grant Foutz, where
District Attorney Karl Gillson will have to prove whether Kiro killed
Mitchell in his official capacity as a police officer.
"I'm for the death penalty, part of me is," Kathy Mitchell
said. "Part of me would like to see him in a place where he has
to live the rest of his life where he can't see his family, and let
him suffer."
But if the death penalty would deter other people from killing officers,
she's all for it, she said.
"Sometimes, the death penalty is too easy. And they're going
to give him a shot?" she said.
Kathy Mitchell referred to New Mexico's form of the death penalty,
a lethal injection of poison that shuts down the body and peacefully
kills the offender.
"We're in our own prison. We have to live every day with the
absence of Brian," the officer's mother said of her and her husband,
Larry, and their younger son.
But if Larry Brian Mitchell and other members of the Gallup Police
Department's so-called SWAT team hadn't forced their way into Kiro's
home that night, Mitchell would be alive, said Teresa Wood of Farmington,
Kiro's sister.
Police should have waited until Kiro calmed down — they had all
the time in the world, Wood said.
"He was defending his home and himself from the officers that
were invading his home," she said.
She added she doesn't know if Kiro, who has confessed to firing the
first shots, even knows who really fired the first shots because he'd
been drinking and using drugs that day. Police and prosecutors allege
Mitchell was killed by the first four shots fired.
"My brother has never ever been a violent person and he had no
intent to shoot or kill anybody. For them to go for the death penalty
with nothing established with the bullet, that's ridiculous,"
said Wood, responding to Deputy District Attorney Joseph Arite's comment
in Friday's Independent that his office doesn't need to find the bullet
that killed Mitchell to prove Kiro should get the death penalty.
"They had loads of bullets," she said of police.
Wood's brother was indicted by grand jury on charges of murder, three
counts of attempted murder, seven counts of aggravated assault on
a police officer and two counts of aggravated assault on a household
member. The indictment came after the May 30 incident, in which a
police shoot-out with Kiro resulted in Mitchell's death when a bullet
entered his shoulder and exited under his other arm, maneuvering around
his bulletproof vest.
Evidence has shown that Gallup Police officers accidentally shot Gallup
Officer Michael Mitchell, who is not related to the slain Mitchell.
A 9 mm slug was taken from the bulletproof vest of Michael Mitchell.
Police carried 9 mm handguns, while Kiro had a .45-caliber weapon.
Defense attorneys Gail Evans and Devin Fooks of Albuquerque, who could
not be reached for comment Thursday or Friday, believe evidence being
tested as the paper goes to press at the New Mexico State Police Crime
Lab in Santa Fe will show police killed one of their own.
Larry Brian Mitchell's DNA should be found on one of the bullets collected
by police and defense expert Nelson Welch of Rio Rancho, attorneys
allege.
The whole incident occurred after Kiro held a gun to his girlfriend
and daughter, who left the house and called police. Kiro fired at
the first officers who arrived to investigate the domestic assault.
A nine-hour stand-off resulted.
But Kathy Mitchell said it doesn't matter whose gun fired the shots;
had Kiro not put police in a situation to have to shoot in order to
get him out of his house, her son would be alive today.
However, "I think his (Kiro's) gun killed him," she said.
The Mitchells are confident that will be proven in court.
Meanwhile, Kathy Mitchell praised the Gallup Police Department, which
has taken a lot of hits itself for officers' decision to storm the
trailer rather than wait out the situation.
"I have nothing but the best to say about how the officers have
treated us. They have been nothing but the best. Chief (Daniel) Kneale
has been great. I have nothing but the best of respect for him,"
she said.
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Area in brief
Community meeting
ZUNI — The public is invited to attend a Fort Wingate Activity
Community meeting, hosted by Tooele Army Depot, Wednesday, March 6
at 7 p.m. It will be held at the conference room at the Pueblo of
Zuni Tribal Offices at 1203B State Highway 53, Zuni.
The meeting will act as a forum for the review of environmental restoration
actions associated with Base Realignment and Closure activities. Information:
(505) 782-4481.
Board meeting
GRANTS — The Grants/Cibola County School Board will be holding
their information/action school board meeting on
Tuesday, March 12 at the Boardroom at 7 p.m. Agenda's for the meeting
will be available in the superintendent's office.
Information: (505) 285-2603.
Presidential forum
GALLUP — The 2002 Navajo Nation Presidential Forum will be held
Monday, March 4 at the University of New Mexico-
Gallup Branch. The Forum will be held in the UNM-Auditorium at 6:30
p.m. Information: (505) 863-7535.
Resturant downgrade
GALLUP — After a follow-up inspection at the Inn Best Western,
located at 3009 W. Hwy. 66, Gallup. The resturant was
downgraded to "Unsatifactory" status, the resturant had
repeat hand-washing and cooling temperature violations.
Senior companions
GALLUP — The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is looking
for Seniors 60 and over to offer companionship to an elder in their
home. Benefits are available. Information: (505) 722-3565.
Land use meeting
OAK/PINE SPRINGS, Ariz. — A Land Use Planning Meeting will be
held at 4-6 p.m., Monday, March 4 at the Oak Springs
Chapter House, route 12, 13 miles south of St. Michaels and 1/2 miles
west of route 12. Information: (928) 871-
6179.
Veterans meeting
ROCKSPRINGS — The Rocksprings Navajo Veterans Association meeting
will be
held at 3 p.m., Sunday at the the Rocksprings Chapter House. Information:
(505) 863-4914.
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Area sports
Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer
ZUNI — Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers.
Zuni turned the ball over 28 times, four in the final two minutes
as Cimarron downed the T-Birds 64-54 Friday during the Class 2A Region
D tournament.
After being the District 4 champions, Zuni watched its season come
to an abrupt end against Cimarron, the District 8 runnerup.
"They were pressing us and we did not do a good job of breaking
that press," Zuni coach Bob Kercher said. "We missed key
shots inside. But the kids played hard. We have a young team with
just one senior starter. I'm proud of them. They played with their
hearts. It hurts when you get that kind of effort and you don't get
on top."
In the opening game at Zuni High School, Dulce whipped Santa Fe Prep
81-66.
Cimarron (23-3) will go up against Dulce in this afternoon's Region
D finals at 5 p.m. Both teams will advance to next week's state tournament
in Albuquerque. Zuni finishes the season at 16-9.
"It will be a good matchup," Cimarron coach Larry Archuleta
said. "We'll have to stop their big men inside."
Archuleta said his team had a tough time going up against the Zuni
T-Birds.
"Zuni has some good ballplayers like that No. 23 (Michael Calavza),"
Archuleta said. "At first our guys were too anxious. We weren't
running anything. But we played a good man defense and got some good
turnovers."
The T-Birds had their biggest lead of the night at six points, 26-20,
midway through the second quarter after a layup by junior forward
Michael Calavaza, who led Zuni with 14 points and eight rebounds.
But three quick turnovers allowed Cimarron back in.
Baskets by senior forward Michael Brooks and senior Eric Coca cut
Zuni's lead down to two points.
The Cimarron Rams caught the Zuni Thunderbirds in the second half
after a score by Alex Martinez to slip into the lead, 38-37.
Zuni sophomore forward Brandon Lalio nailed a turnaround jumper from
the baseline and then came back and scored another on a putback on
his own missed shot for a four-point Zuni lead.
But four more turnovers in the final minutes of the period allowed
Cimarron back into the lead.
Senior guard Tomas Romero came up with a pair of crucial steals that
he converted into a pair of scores as the Rams stole the lead, 44-43.
Early in the fourth period with a three-point lead, the Rams went
to a delay game twice, holding the ball at midcourt and trying to
pull the T-Birds out of their zone defense.
"We knew that Cimarron had size," said Kercher about playing
a zone defense. "Everybody expects us to play man. So we went
with a zone so they couldn't set up their offense."
The tactic did not work as the first time, the Rams turned the ball
over.
"It was a mistake on my part," Cimarron coach Archuleta
said. "It was a little too early to do that."
A bank shot along with a free throw by Calavaza tied the game for
the final time at 48-all midway through the fourth period.
Junior center Carlyn Calavaza scored successive putbacks that gave
Zuni a 52-49 lead.
Zuni then went to a spread offense with a three-point lead. But that
tactic also backfired as the T-Birds turned the ball over when Jeff
Archuleta, who came back into the game with four fouls, came up with
a crucial steal that led to a score that sliced Zuni's lead down to
one point.
"We went to a delay to set a patient shot so Michael (Calavaza)
could go one-on-one," Kercher said. "But we ended up throwing
the ball away and that led to a score."
The Rams slipped into the lad when Romero went inside for a score
with 1:42 left.
But with 1:30 left in the game, Michael Calavaza went down hard to
the floor after going up for a layup.
"Michael (Calavaza) landed on his back," Kercher said of
his top player. "He wanted to go back in so I let him. But then
he jarred his back again on that three-pointer."
After sinking a free throw for a two-point lead, the Rams added to
their lead with a pair of free throws by Romero.
After being out 26 seconds, Zuni's Calavaza re-entered the game.
But the T-Birds had another crucial turnover when the ball was picked
off by the Rams. That turnover translated to a key score when Brooks
fed the ball to Alex Martinez inside for a 58-52 Rams lead with 30
seconds left.
Cimarron's Romero converted a 1-and-1 with 15 seconds left in the
game that iced the regional win.
Another Zuni turnover allowed Martinez to push Cimarron's lead to
10 points, 62-52, before the Rams won 64-54.
Zuni was led by Michael Calavaza with 14 points. Dwan Bobelu and Brandon
Lalio added 10 each.
Cimarron's Michael Brooks led all scorers with 19 points and two treys
while Tomas Romero and Alex Martinez chipped in 15 and 13 points respectively.
The Rams outshot the T-Birds from the field. Cimarron shot 43 percent
(26-of-61) while Zuni was 33 percent (17-of-51).
The turnover department was key with the T-Birds with 28 turnovers
and the Rams with 17.
Zuni had the edge on the boards, 38 to 28. Carlyn Calavaza led the
way with nine rebounds, with Michael Calavaza and Brandon Lalio with
eight boards each.
Romero had nine rebounds for the Rams.
The T-Birds had the edge at the charity stripe, sinking 17-of-24 free
throws for 71 percent shooting with the Rams 9-of-13 for 69 percent.
Next year, Zuni will be competing in a newly realigned District 2A
with new members Crownpoint, Rehoboth and Pine Hill along with Navajo
Pine and Newcomb.
"It won't be an easy district," Kercher said. "But
we'll be there."
Dulce 81, Santa Fe Prep 66
In the opening game, Dulce, the District 2 champion, eliminated Santa
Fe Prep, the District 3 runnerup, 81-66.
Tony Klinski pumped in 27 points and Preston Duncan added 25 points
in combining for 52 of Dulce's 81 points.
Santa Fe Prep was paced by Justin Conway with 22 points and Athan
Merrick with 16.
Dulce outshot Santa Fe Prep, 31 field goals to 19.
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Curley wants strength brought back to the Navajo
president
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
ST. MICHAELS — Imagine the three-branch Navajo government represented
as three trees of the same size, each with an equal number of leaves
and fruit — representing the tribe's legislative, executive
and judicial branches, Navajo Nation presidential candidate Larry
Curley offers.
Since 1990, when the tribal chairmanship became the tribal presidency,
the executive branch tree has seen its presidential leaves and fruit
picked away until there's nothing left, Curley said. He believes
the tough assignments the president needs to stay involved in, such
as being an overseer in the tribal legal arena where his appointed
attorney general makes decisions, are not being performed. Curley
said most of the erosion within the Navajo presidency has occurred
over the past few years under the direction of President Kelsey
Begaye, and it is something Curley said he would do everything in
his power to change if he were elected president in November...
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Fiery Food Show
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — The fiery flavors of more than 250 chefs
are ready for sampling at the 14th annual National Fiery Foods and
Barbecue Show this weekend.
This is the show's second year back in Albuquerque, where it was
held for eleven years before moving to Reno in 2000.
"When we were in Reno, we had to tell everyone what the show
was about," founder Dave DeWitt said. "When we advertise
here, we don't have to explain the show, we just had to say that
it's back."
The event at the Albuquerque Convention Center will feature about
1,000 varieties of spicy candies, condiments, relishes, crackers,
cookies and jellies...
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Historians call Pancho Villa a terrorist
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Angel Borunda walked to the back of the
Columbus Historical Museum and pointed out a window to a peak south
of town, near the U.S.-Mexico border three miles away.
"My dad said Villa never came into Columbus," Borunda
said. "He said he stayed there on Gato Hill with 50 soldiers
and 50 horses."
Borunda, a short, dark man of 74, is referring one of the debates
that still haunts discussion about the deadly March 9, 1916, raid
on tiny Columbus, N.M., by followers of Mexican revolutionary leader
Pancho Villa.
Some, like Borunda's father, David, whose brother was one of Villa's
generals, said Villa himself never ventured into the town.
But others, some of whom witnessed the raid, claimed Villa was in
the thick of the fighting that cost the lives of 10 American civilians,
eight American soldiers and anywhere from a few score to nearly
200 of the Mexican leader's men...
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Gallery explores the peace process
Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Special to the Independent
GALLUP —Few things in life are more elusive than peace. It's
a talk that's easy to talk, but a walk that's difficult to walk.
For the month of March, the Gallup Area Arts Council (GAAC) is offering
a series of art activities, with peace as the central theme, in
an effort to get local children and adults thinking about how peace
can be fostered through the arts. The current project, "WoMen
as Peacemakers/Act II - The Healing," grew out of the first
Women as Peacemakers project from the spring of 2000.
According to Rosanne Groger, the executive director of GAAC, the
activities were designed to help participants see their own role
in creating peace in their relationships with others. "I would
hope we would all think of how we're contributing to peace in the
community," she explained...
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Arizona seeing more cases of valley fever
PHOENIX (AP) — The number of valley fever cases is on the rise
in Arizona.
The number of cases reported to the state Department of Health Services
has risen to 1,917 in 2000 from 190 a decade ago.
Valley fever, a regional disease caused by mold spores in the ground,
can cause symptoms ranging from mild flu-like feelings to severe
illness and even death in especially vulnerable victims.
Preliminary data shows the number of cases last year hit 2,307 —
more than a 20 percent increase...
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Deaths
Edison Jackson
MANUELITO CANYON — Services for Edison Jackson, 56, will be
held at 10 a.m., Monday, March 4 at Rollie Morturay Palm Chapel.
Rev. Roger C. Davis will officiate. Burial will follow at Fort Defiance
Veterans Cemetery.
Jackson died Feb. 26 in Manuelito. He was born May 31, 1945 in Zuni
into the Sleeping Rock People for the Black Sheep People Clan.
Jackson served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He recieved the
National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign
Medal and Good Conduct Medal.
Survivors include his sons. Garrett Jackson and Waymon Jackson both
of White River, Ariz.; daugthers, Kimberly Jackson and Natasha Jackson
both of White River; mother, Winfred Jackson of Gallup; and sisters,
Marletha Jackson of Bozeman, Mont. and Ruby Jackson of Manuelito.
Jackson was preceded in death by his father, Albert Jackson; brothers,
Bruce Jackson, Larry Jackson, Leonard Jackson and Luther Jackson.
Pallbearers will be Irvin Chester, Duane Crawford, Garrett Jackson,
Lionel Jackson, Derwin Morgan and Kee Morgan.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Laura F. Florence
MEXICAN SPRINGS — Services for Laura F. Florence, 73, will
be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 4 at Rollie Mortuary-Palm Chapel.
Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Florence died Feb. 28 in Albuquerque. She was born Sept. 8, 1928
in San Bernadino, Calif. into the Sleeping Rock People Clan for
the Sun Clan of Laguna People.
Survivors include her husband, Sam Florence of Mexican Springs;
sons, Ben Tohe of Mexican Springs and Marc Tohe of Phoenix and Robert
Tohe of Flagstaff, Ariz.; daughters, Laura Tohe of Mesa, Ariz. and
Patricia Tohe of Coyote Canyon and sister, Marian Plummer of Phoenix;
23 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Florence was preceded in death by her parents, Frank Poncho and
Lucy Poncho.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Sadie Nez Pino
RAMAH — Service for Sadie Pino, 92, will be held at 10 a.m.
Monday, March 4, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
Ramah. Dane Lambson will officate. Burial will follow at Ramah Community
Cemetery.
Pino died Feb. 27 in Gallup. She was born July 9, 1909 in Pine Haven
into the Towering House People Clan for the Red Running Into the
Water People Clan.
Pino was a rug weaver and rancher.
Survivors include her son, Paul Pino of Chicago, Ill.; daughters,
Bessie P. Martinez and Bessie K. Curley of Ramah; sister, Belle
Nez Martine of Ramah; 12 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and
three great-great grandchildren.
Pino was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Pino; parents,
Hosteen and Glen-dazbah Nez; brothers, Dick Nez, Pete Nez, Ben Willie
and Jake Willie and sister, Bah Chee.
Pallbearers will be family members.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ramah.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Frank "Cowboy" Henio
PREWITT — Services for Frank Henio, 94, were held at 10 a.m.,
today at Church of God, Thoreau. Evangelist Florence Barker officiated.
Burial followed on family land, Thoreau.
Henio died Feb. 25 in Crownpoint. He was born Dec. 15, 1907 in Thoreau
into the Two Who Came to the Water People Clan for the Towering
House People Clan.
Survivors included sons, Freddie Henio and David Henio both of Thoreau;
daughters, Dolly Brewer of Payson, Ariz., Rosie Henio of Boise,
Idaho and Nellie Delgarito; brother, Paul Henio of Thoreau; sister,
Nellie H. Coho of Ramah and numerous
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Reno Henio, Bennie Henio, Nathaniel "Nate"
Henio, Ronnie Henio, Phillip Henio, Johnny Begay and Darley Begay.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Ida May Hinkley
GALLUP — Services for Ida May Hinkley, 93, will be announced
at a later date.
Hinkley died March 1 in Gallup. She was born Sept. 16, 1908 in Beaver,
Utah.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Hazel Clark Henry
NASCHITTI — Services for Hazel Henry, 88, will be announced
at a later date.
Henry died Feb. 28 in Gallup.
A family meeting will be held at 1-6 p.m., Sunday, March 3 at Naschitti
Chapter House.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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