Person
Peter MacDonald
Chairman of the Navajo Nation in 1971 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989; convicted in tribal court in 1990 and in federal court in 1992; a sentence of his was commuted in 2001.
Navajo tribal court
- Convicted by Navajo Nation: bribery, conspiracy and ethics violations; sentenced to nearly six years and fined $11,000 12
federal case over the tribe's dealings with a computer company
- Convicted by United States: fraud, racketeering, extortion and conspiracy 23
federal trial over the 20 July 1989 riot
- Convicted by United States: conspiracy and burglary; the jury deadlocked on other counts 23
Connections 6
convicted by
- Navajo Nation Oct 1990 bribery, conspiracy and ethics violations; sentenced to nearly six years and fined $11,000 Scholarship & press 12
- United States May 1992 fraud, racketeering, extortion and conspiracy Scholarship & press 23
- United States 13 Nov 1992 conspiracy and burglary; the jury deadlocked on other counts Scholarship & press 23
involved in
- Commutation of Peter MacDonald's sentence, 2001 denied a pardon in 1995 to 1996; sentence commuted on 20 January 2001 Primary record 4
- Named cases of money and Native nations Navajo chairman convicted of bribery, conspiracy and ethics violations in tribal court Scholarship & press 1
- The Window Rock riot, 20 July 1989 the jury convicted him of conspiracy; his lawyer argued he was absent and had urged his followers not to march Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 3 dates
- Oct 1990 Peter MacDonald convicted by Navajo Nation
- May 1992 Peter MacDonald convicted by United States
- 13 Nov 1992 Peter MacDonald convicted by United States
Proof 4 sources
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MacDonald sentenced, fined for bribery, ethics violations, Deseret News, 23 Oct 1990.
Scholarship & press
Suspended Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald was sentenced in tribal court Monday to nearly six years in the tribal jail and fined $11,000 for bribery, conspiracy and ethics violations.
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Ex-Navajo Leader Guilty of Conspiracy, Burglary, Los Angeles Times (archive copy), 14 Nov 1992.
Scholarship & press
MacDonald, who served as chairman in 1971-83 and 1987-89, already is serving a six-year sentence for convictions in tribal court on bribery, conspiracy and ethics violations.
He still faces sentencing in federal court on earlier convictions of fraud, racketeering, extortion, conspiracy and racketeering.
A jury on Friday convicted former Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald of conspiracy and burglary in a 1989 riot that left two people dead.
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.
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Ex-Navajo leader convicted of conspiracy, Deseret News (Associated Press), 14 Nov 1992.
Scholarship & press
He still faces sentencing on May convictions of fraud, racketeering, extortion, conspiracy and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering. That case centered on the tribe's dealings with a computer company operating on the reservation.
A federal jury decided Friday that former Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald was behind a 1989 riot at the tribal capital that left two dead and six others injured.
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Pardons, finding aid, William J. Clinton Presidential Library.
Primary record
One specific case concerns Peter MacDonald, Sr., who was denied a pardon during that time, but whose sentence was later commuted on January 20, 2001.
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