A federal court judge has adopted new voting district boundaries in San Juan County which reverse the historic political domination by whites over Navajos there.
U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby on Thursday issued a ruling that gives Navajos a significant majority of voters in two of three commission districts and three of five school board districts.
According to the new boundaries, County Commission District 1 will have an American Indian population of 11.1 percent; District 2 will have an American Indian population of 65.6 percent; and District 3 will have an American Indian population of 79.9 percent.