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Ramah Navajo
The Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation ( nv, Tł'ohchiní}) is a non-contiguous section of the Navajo Nation lying in parts of west-central Cibola and southern McKinley counties in New Mexico, United States, just east and southeast of the Zuni Indian Reservation. It has a land area of 230.675 sq mi (597.445 km²), over 95 percent of which is designated as off-reservation trust land. According to the 2000 census, the resident population is 2,167 persons. The Ramah Reservation's land area is less than one percent of the Navajo Nation's total area. Although part of the Navajo Nation, the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation has had an independent history from that of the other Navajo lands. The Ramah Navajo have been recorded in this area of New Mexico since 1540, when they came to the aid of the Zuni in their defense against the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. In the years from 1868 through the 1960s, the Ramah Navajo acted independently of the Navajo Nation. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Hill Schools (New Mexico)
Pine Hill Schools is a K-12 tribal school system operated by the Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. (RNSB), in association with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), in Pine Hill, New Mexico. It is on the Ramah Navajo Reservation and was originally known as Ramah Navajo High School. In January 1995 it had 460 Ramah Navajo students. Clippingfrom Newspapers.com. History The Ramah Navajo Indian School Board was established on February 6, 1970, by parents seeking a local schooling option as Gallup-McKinley County Schools had closed the local Ramah High School in Ramah in 1968, which forced Ramah Navajo teenagers to board at distant Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) boarding schools once again after having the option of local schooling since 1954. The members of the school board traveled to Washington, DC on February 25, 1970, to lobby members of Congress and the BIA. After BIA commissioner Louis Bruce promised assistance, the board members went to New York City and got funding from priva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Morgan (politician)
T. Alan Morgan (born February 8, 1988) is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 18th District. He was elected in a special election on May 24, 2022, and was sworn in on June 15, 2022. He was re-elected to office on November 8, 2022. He is a member of the Republican party. Alan Morgan is the brother of Adam Morgan, who also serves in the South Carolina State House from the 20th District. Morgan is a member of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus The Freedom Caucus, also known as the House Freedom Caucus, is a congressional caucus consisting of conservative Republican members of the United States House of Representatives. It is generally considered to be the most conservative and farth .... He also serves on the House Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee."House Standing Committees". ''South Carolina Legislature''. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022. References Living people 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuni Public Schools
Zuni Public School District (ZPSD) is a school district headquartered in the Zuni Pueblo census-designated place of unincorporated McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It includes sections in Cibola County and McKinley County (including Zuni Pueblo and Black Rock). History Created on July 1, 1980, it was the first tribally controlled public school system in the United States. The last school district creation, prior to that of Zuni, occurred in 1950. Zuni School District, which largely coincides with the Zuni Indian Reservation, became the 89th school district in New Mexico. The initial prospective enrollment was 1,800, with 98% of them being Zuni people. Hayes Lewis, the acting superintendent, stated that the reason why the Zuni Pueblo community decided to leave the Gallup-McKinley County Schools system is because the Zuni people wanted to make their own educational decisions, and a Zuni had never been elected to the school board of the previous district. The Zuni peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramah Navajo School Board
Pine Hill Schools is a K-12 tribal school system operated by the Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc. (RNSB), in association with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), in Pine Hill, New Mexico. It is on the Ramah Navajo Reservation and was originally known as Ramah Navajo High School. In January 1995 it had 460 Ramah Navajo students. Clippingfrom Newspapers.com. History The Ramah Navajo Indian School Board was established on February 6, 1970, by parents seeking a local schooling option as Gallup-McKinley County Schools had closed the local Ramah High School in Ramah in 1968, which forced Ramah Navajo teenagers to board at distant Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) boarding schools once again after having the option of local schooling since 1954. The members of the school board traveled to Washington, DC on February 25, 1970, to lobby members of Congress and the BIA. After BIA commissioner Louis Bruce promised assistance, the board members went to New York City and got funding from pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureau Of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over of land held in trust by the U.S. federal government for Indian Tribes. It renders services to roughly 2 million indigenous Americans across 574 federally recognized tribes. The BIA is governed by a director and overseen by the assistant secretary for Indian affairs, who answers to the secretary of the interior. The BIA works with tribal governments to help administer law enforcement and justice; promote development in agriculture, infrastructure, and the economy; enhance tribal governance; manage natural resources; and generally advance the quality of life in tribal communities. Educational services are provided by Bureau of Indian Education—the only other agency under the assistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grants-Cibola County Schools
Grants/Cibola County Schools is a school district based in Grants, New Mexico, United States. Attendance area GCCS's attendance boundary includes most of Cibola County, New Mexico, including the city of Grants. Exceptions are areas on the Zuni Reservation and Fence Lake. While the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation is physically within Grants/Cibola County Schools, children going to non-tribal public schools are bussed to Ramah's schools, which are operated by the Gallup-McKinley County Schools. The proximity of the nearest schools in Cibola County were so far, away, that Cibola and McKinley counties agreed to have students on the reservation sent to McKinley County schools, including Ramah Elementary School and Ramah Middle/High School. Clipping of firstanof second pageat Newspapers.com. Schools Secondary schools 6-12 schools * Laguna Acoma Middle High School High schools * Grants High School Middle schools * Los Alamitos Middle School Primary schools *Bluewater Elementary Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in 1706 as ''La Villa de Alburquerque'' by Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés''.'' Named in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain, the Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque, 10th Duke of Alburquerque, the city was Old Town Albuquerque, an outpost on Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and bosque flowing from north-to-south. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Albuquerque had 564,559 residents, making it the List of United States cities by population, 32nd-most populous city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albuquerque Journal
The ''Albuquerque Journal'' is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of New Mexico. History The ''Golden Gate'' newspaper was founded in June 1880. In the fall of 1880, the owner of the ''Golden Gate'' died and Journal Publishing Company was created. Journal Publishing changed the paper name to ''Albuquerque Daily Journal'' and issued its first edition of the ''Albuquerque Daily Journal'' on October 14, 1880. The ''Daily Journal'' was first published in Old Town Albuquerque, but in 1882 the publication moved to a single room in the so-called new town (or expanded Albuquerque) at Second and Silver streets near the railroad tracks. It was published on a single sheet of newsprint, folded to make four pages. Those pages were divided into five columns with small headlines. Advertising appeared on the front page. The ''Daily Journal'' was published in the evening until the first Territorial Fair opened in October 1881. On October 4 of that year, a morning Journal was published in ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramah Middle/High School
Ramah Middle/High School is a public secondary school in unincorporated McKinley County, New Mexico, near the Ramah census-designated place and with a Ramah postal address. It is a part of Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Service area In addition to Ramah, the school serves the McKinley County portion of Timberlake. The Gallup-McKinley district serves the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation, including Pinehill, which is in Cibola County, by sending secondary students to Ramah Middle/High. The proximity of the nearest schools in Cibola County were so far, away, that Cibola and McKinley counties agreed to have students on the reservation sent to McKinley County schools. Clipping of firstanof second pageat Newspapers.com. Page 2 text detailsA The reservation is physically within the Grants/Cibola County Schools district. History In the 20th century area residents gathered $15,000 and volunteered their time so this school could be built. According to Edgar Bond, from Ramah, who served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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