After BIA commissioner Louis Bruce promised assistance, the board members went to New York City and got funding from private foundations.
[6] President of the United States Richard Nixon sent a telegram congratulating the school community.
[9] That year staff of five universities and colleges stated that they would still admit graduates of Ramah Navajo High, and that the lack of accreditation was not an issue.
De Layo, made a request for a quick deliberation of accrediting Ramah Navajo High.
[11] At one point the administration stated that it did not want to dilute its program for certification from New Mexico, and that if so it would try to get tribal accreditation instead.
[13] The lease at the ex-Ramah High location ended in 1975, so the school moved to Pine Hill before electricity, telephone, and water services there started.
The state had ordered the school district to move the bus stops closer to the students' houses.