El Jefe: balancing tribal values with business realities. [Council for Energy Resource Tribes and cooperation with state governments]
Navajo chairman Peter MacDonald is also chairman of the Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) board and its natural leader. When Indians began to assert control over their own resources, MacDonald was among the leaders of the movement. He continues to dominate the situation, speaking publicly for CERT in Washington as well as from the Navajo capital, Window Rock, Az. MacDonald speaks articulately and forcefully in favor of traditional Navajo values; values, he says, are more important than the potential income from Navajo energy resources. Although MacDonald strongly supports development of energy resources, his bargains with energy companies always reflect a commitment to concerns beyond dollars and cents. The western states, with their concentration of energy resources, should share his concerns, MacDonald said in this interview with the Business Journal at his Windor Rock office.
- OSTI ID:
- 6779304
- Journal Information:
- N.M. Bus. J.; (United States), Vol. 5:3; Other Information: Interview with Peter MacDonald
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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