Daily Archives: July 17, 2014

Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee refers 10 pieces of legislation to Council with one vote and then loses quorum

Still Here at Naabik’iyati Committee in the Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz., where committee now on voting on ten pieces of proposed legislation that require Council final action. Delegate Jonathan Nez, who just finished sponsoring Legislation 0123-14, made a motion for the committee to take one vote on ten pieces of legislation . THE […]

Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee recommends Referendum to Council

Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee having interesting and heated debate over LEGISLATION 0123-14, which calls for the Council to approve a referendum for the Navajo people to vote on amending on Navajo law that would replace the Navajo Council with the Navajo people regarding who would be the governing body of the Navajo Nation. DELEGATE RUSSELL […]

Does the power to be the governing body of the Navajo Nation lie with the Navajo Council or the Navajo people?

Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee having interesting and heated debate over LEGISLATION 0123-14, which calls for the Council to approve a referendum for the Navajo people to vote on amending on Navajo law that would replace the Navajo Council with the Navajo people regarding who would be the governing body of the Navajo Nation. I was […]

YouTube Video – Dine’ for Sanctions Against Israel at Navajo Council chambers, Window Rock, Ariz., July 17

The Dine’ for Sanctions Against Israel (DSA) demonstrated outside the Navajo Council chambers where the Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee was meeting. I interviewed DSA spokesperson Melanie Yazzie and Andrew Curley. I’ve uploaded my interview with Melanie Yazzie to YOUTUBE and I’ll be uploading my interview with Andrew Curley later today.

Navajo Council work session on URI is definitely July 18

Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee finally got a quorum at about 1:15 p.m. today, July 17, 2014. Delegate Walter Phelps did the innovation. And then the Committee went to Announcements. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE I Talked with Delegate Edmund Yazzie to defer work session on Uranium Resources Inc. and Council action. And there might be a request […]

As Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee waits for quorum, demonstrators call for end to Navajo involvement with Israel

Here at Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee, which was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. It is now 11:12 a.m. and still no quorum. One of the legislative staff said that the lack of a quorum was because many of the Council delegates are busy with other activities, such as the annual Navajo Council horseback ride […]