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The homicide rate on the Navajo Nation is close to major U.S. cities like Chicago, says the Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch. She calls the situation on the largest Indian reservation a public safety crisis. The chief of police estimates he needs 450 patrol officers to address residents’ needs on the reservation roughly the size of West Virginia. He has less than half that. On this show we’ll talk with the attorney general, police chief and others about the work being done to address issues of public safety on the Navajo Nation.
Guests:
Ethel Branch (Navajo) – Attorney General of the Navajo Nation
Gertrude Lee (Navajo) – chief prosecutor of the Navajo Nation
Phillip Francisco (Navajo) – chief of police for the Navajo Nation
Break 1 Music: Interstate 40 (World) (song) Jay Begaye (artist) The Colorful World – Songs from the Diné Heartland (album)
Break 2 Music: We Danced Movement I (song) Cris Derksen (artist) The Cusp (album)
