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Peter MacDonald (Navajo leader) Peter MacDonald (born December 16, 1928) is a Native American politician and the only four term Chairman of the Navajo Nation. MacDonald was born in Arizona, U.S. and served the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II as a Navajo Code Talker. He was first elected Navajo Tribal Chairman in 1970.
Aug 29, 2019 · MacDonald enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in January 1944. He was only 15. He was inspired by the Marine Corps uniform. MacDonald's older cousin joined the U.S. Marines Corps in 1943, and during ...
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Feb 11, 2014 · Peter MacDonald was born in Arizona, U.S.A in may of 1928. His clan is Hashk’aa ( Yucca Fruit) born to Bitahníí (They are within themselves). He grew up in the Teec Nos Pos, Four corners area. He went to boarding school in Shiprock,NM and dropped out in the 6th grade because all the teachers were mean to the Navajos.
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Apr 22, 2021 · Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald gave his first major interview to the Associated Press this week, giving tribal members an idea of some of the changes he was thinking about for the tribal ...
Nov 9, 2021 · In the last part of our interview, Peter MacDonald Sr., one of the four surviving Navajo Code Talkers, talks about efforts to pass the legacy of the Code Talkers to young generations, and his ...
“Peter MacDonald, who dropped out of school at the age of 12 to become a Navajo medicine man, was elected the chairman of the Navajo Tribe on Tuesday,” the lead of the AP story on his election ...
Back in 1982, as Peter MacDonald was running for a fourth term as tribal chairman, he agreed to sit down with me and discuss some political issues. I think he must have been in a good mood since ...
