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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation Shopping Centers Inc. Chief Operating Officer DuWaine Boone, 62, is the latest addition to the management team, beginning his employment with the tribal corporation on July 8.
Born in Monument Valley, Arizona, Boone said he was primarily raised in Utah and Idaho. His parents are from Tuba City, Arizona.
“I’ve been working the last two years for the Fort Bidwell Gidutikad Band of Paiutes as their tribal administrator,” he said. “Two years is a long time to be away from Navajo Country.”
Boone earned a bachelor’s degree in business management with an emphasis in finance from Brigham Young University. He also earned a master’s degree in...