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Lawrence T. Morgan is the former Speaker of the Navajo Nation Tribal Council. He was first elected in January 2003 by then the 20th Navajo Nation Council. Current Navajo law requires a Speaker to serve two years per term. He was re-elected in 2005 to a second term, and in January 2007 he was elected to a third consecutive term defeating fellow councilmen Harold Wauneka of Fort Defiance, Arizona. In January 2009 he was once again re-elected to lead the Navajo Nation Council, after beating fellow council member Leonard Tsosie (Whitehorse Lake/Torreon/Counselor) ==Life and family== Lawrence Tom Morgan was born and raised in Pinedale, New Mexico within five miles (8 km) of two uranium mines. New Mexico had been a significant uranium producer since the discovery of uranium by Navajo sheepherder Paddy Martinez in 1950. Uranium in New Mexico is almost all in the Grants mineral belt, along the south margin of the San Juan Basin in McKinley and Cibola counties, in the northwest part of the state. Stretching northwest to southeast, the mineral belt contains the ''Chuska, Gallup, Ambrosia Lake,'' and the ''Laguna uranium mining districts''. Lawrence's own father spent some time working in the uranium mines, but for Morgan, that was never an option. While his father’s work often took him away from home, Morgan’s mother took care of the five children. Lawrence also has other siblings who are active with Navajo Nation they are Anslem, and Louise Mariano. The Speaker comes from a family of artistic talents. In addition to his talent as a silversmith, ''Morgan sang'' with his roommate’s band in high school. His own son and daughter learned to play guitar using the very same guitar that Morgan’s father bought him at Montgomery Wards in the 1960s. Mr. Morgan also paints and draws cartoons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawrence T. Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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