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The ''Navajo Times'' – known during the early 1980s as ''Navajo Times Today'' – is a newspaper created by the Navajo Tribal Council in 1959; in 1982 it was the first daily newspaper owned and published by a Native American Indian Nation. Now financially independent, it is published in English; its headquarters is located in Window Rock, Arizona. Over the past half century, its editorial staff has continually faced challenges for editorial control from political leaders and opponents. In 1987 the tribal government shut down the publication and fired its entire staff. Under the leadership of Tom Arviso, Jr. as editor since 1988, and publisher since 1993, the newspaper has worked to maintain and promote freedom of the press. In 2004 the newspaper established financial independence from the tribal council. It is published by the Navajo Times Publishing Company; Arviso is CEO. The newspaper is exploring the use of more Navajo language in its publications, including online. The current editor-in-chief is Candace Begody. ==History== The first issue was published on August 4, 1960, and sold for 10 cents each, and the newspaper's slogan was "Voice of Scenic Navajoland."〔(Arviso, Tom Jr., "Pages of the Times reflect future impacts" ),'' Navajo Times,''. Accessed 2011-01-13.〕 Unlike its predecessor ''Ádahooníłígíí'' of the 1940s,〔(Adahooniłigii (Library of Congress record) ) Accessed 2011-01-13〕 the ''Times'' is published in English, rarely and infrequently printing an insert or extra in Navajo. Originally created as a monthly newsletter and mouthpiece of the Tribal Council, the paper had become a weekly publication by the early 1960s. Unlike most other newspapers under the control of Native American governments, its editorial staff increasingly asserted its right to freedom of the press, guaranteed in the Navajo Nation's 4th Amendment to the Bill of Rights.〔Wilkins, David E. ''The Navajo Political Experience,'' Tsaile/Tséhílį́, AZ: Diné College Press, 1999. p 173f.〕 In the late 1970s, the paper had its first confrontations with then–Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald, who fired and re-hired its general manager several times related to the publication's editorials critical of the tribal government.〔 In 1982, with its format changed to that of a daily newspaper and its circulation increasing from 4,000 to 8,000, editor Mark Trahant changed its name to ''Navajo Times Today.''.〔 It was the first daily newspaper published by a Native American Nation in the United States.〔Iverson, Peter & Monty Roessel. ''Diné: A History of the Navajos,'' Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. p288f.〕〔Staff. ("Navajo Times suspends publication for 2 weeks" ), ''Mohave Daily Miner'', April 26, 1984. Accessed January 13, 2011.〕 During the 1980s, its editorial staff enjoyed a period of journalistic freedom. Its reporters often criticized the Navajo government in their coverage.〔 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「Navajo Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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