Gallup Sun

Jeffrey Jishie
Dec. 19, 1:44 pm
Aggravated DWI

A vehicle crash occurred near the intersection of U.S. Highway 491 and Highway 608, led to multiple calls to Metro Dispatch. One of those came from someone who claimed they were rear-ended by the suspect vehicle.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was dispatched to the scene and found the two vehicles that had collided. A gray Ford F-250 had rear-end damage and a brown Nissan Altima had front-end damage.

The driver of the F-250 said they had pulled to a stop light and saw the Altima coming up behind them quickly. The vehicles collided, after which the driver of the Altima, identified as Jeffrey Jishie, 28, no address...

CAUGHT WITH METH
Gallup, Oct. 8

A man admitted to Gallup Detox faced additional trouble when he was found with a small bag containing an illegal substance.

Gallup Officer Cindy Romancito was informed by a Public Service Officer that Wade Wilson, 26, of Window Rock, Ariz. had been admitted into Gallup Detox when one of the staff discovered a small bag of clear crystals he had.

The bag was taken to Gallup Police Department and the substance was tested and confirmed to be methamphetamine. The report stated Wilson would be summonsed into Magistrate Court for carrying a prohibited controlled substance. Wilson remained at Gallup Detox following a breath sample of .32.





 

AGGRESSIVE...

WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ.—Members of the 24th Navajo Nation Council marched from the Navajo Nation Museum along Highway 264 and Indian Route 12 to the Council Chambers for the 2022 Winter Session, Jan. 24.

The walk was organized to bring awareness to National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and to memorialize the lives of the Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives across the Navajo Nation.

Around 30 people joined Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty, Madam Chair Eugenia Charles-Newton, Council Delegate Charlaine Tso, and Council Delegate Nathaniel Brown, for the two-mile march from the Navajo Nation Museum to the Council Chambers. A press conference was held with various guest speakers...

Set to launch in late January, ‘Navajo Highways’ looks to revitalize the Navajo language

Pete Sands grew up speaking the Navajo language, but he realizes this is no longer the case for many Navajo children. The “Navajo Times” reported that in 1980, 93 percent of the Navajo population spoke the language. In 2010, the percentage of speakers dropped to just 51 percent.

Sands believes this is detrimental both for the youth’s relationships with their elders and the Navajo culture itself.

“Once the language is gone, then the culture ceases to exist, or it ceases to have the impact it used to,” Sands told the Sun.

Sands believes that the drop in the number of those who...