Event
The Window Rock riot, 20 July 1989
A clash at the Navajo Nation's headquarters in which tribal police shot five supporters of the suspended chairman, two fatally; three officers were also wounded.
- Dates
- 20 Jul 1989
Connections 3
involved
- Peter MacDonald the jury convicted him of conspiracy; his lawyer argued he was absent and had urged his followers not to march Scholarship & press 1
- Navajo Nation its Tribal Council suspended the chairman in 1989 after corruption accusations in Senate hearings Scholarship & press 1
- United States a federal court tried the riot; tribal police shot the marchers and three officers were wounded Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 1 date
- 20 Jul 1989 The Window Rock riot, 20 July 1989
Proof 2 sources
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Ex-Navajo Leader Guilty of Conspiracy, Burglary, Los Angeles Times (archive copy), 14 Nov 1992.
Scholarship & press
MacDonald's attorney, Bruce Griffen, argued that the government ignored MacDonald's absence from the riot scene and his pre-riot speech urging his followers not to march on the headquarters.
The clash culminated an unsuccessful five-month struggle by MacDonald to reverse a 1989 decision by the Tribal Council to suspend him after he was accused during U.S. Senate hearings of corruption.
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Ex-Navajo leader convicted of conspiracy, Deseret News (Associated Press), 14 Nov 1992.
Scholarship & press
The march led to a clash in which two MacDonald supporters were killed and three were wounded by tribal police. Three officers also were wounded.
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