''It's time to remind the people in these border towns that we are human,'' delegate Ervin Keeswood Sr. said Monday after the council recessed from its first day of the summer session. ''Human rights exist for all races, and especially in this case, for our people - the Dine.''

No dates have been set for the marches.

Relations have been strained since Farmington Police Officer Shawn Scott shot and killed Clint John, 21, of Kirtland on June 10 at a Wal-Mart parking lot. The officer had responded to a report that John was beating his girlfriend.

An investigation by the San Juan County Sheriff's Office in northwest New Mexico found that the shooting was justified. Investigators said John turned on Scott when the officer tried to intercede, then wrestled Scott's police baton and charged at the officer.

But Navajo Attorney General Louis Denetsosie said his office has reviewed the report and has found inconsistencies.