Daily Archives: January 22, 2018

Speaker Bates responds to Council questions & concerns

SPEAKER BATES responds to questions and concerns of Council regarding SPEAKER’S REPORT: NM Capital Outlay Projects: in this case any projects not spending funds has always been concern by state. Dollars authorized but dollars sit there. it was requested of Office of President and Vice President to work on path so dollars expended. For example, […]

Speaker Bates: Quarterly report

Navajo Council votes to hear from Delegates on SPEAKER’S REPORT without having Speaker Bates present his report verbally. Copies of Speaker’s written report are distributed to Delegates. DELEGATE AMBER CROTTY need more info on Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. And election office does ppor job of registering and re-registering voters, how get absentee ballots to military […]

Navajo President & Vice President: State of Nation Address

Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye & Vice President Jonathan Nez present STATE OF NATION ADDRESS. Council reconvened at 1:35 pm Nation needs to assess resources while building communities.  Happy New Year 2018. Focus on year, great start other than federal government shutdown. marks 150th year since ancestors signed treaty and returned from Hweeldi. not celebration […]

Navajo Council adopts agenda, recesses for lunch

It is now 12:45 pm and Council is debating the adoption of its agenda, which involves adding and deleting legislation. DELEGATE SETH DAMON ask to remove 0423-17, which would allow the carryover of supplemental funds for Summer Youth Employment., VOTE 21-0 DELEGATE OTTO TSO asks to realign new business A & B & C then […]

Day 1 Navajo Council winter session

Here at Navajo Nation Council winter session at Council chamber in Window Rock, Ariz. Today is opening day and so several people have been recognized for their outstanding work and acheivements. Before the Council started, there was an awareness walk to end Human Trafficking of Navajo citizens. The Navajo Nation Division of Social Services and […]