Daily Archives: January 24, 2018

Council votes to recess, reconvene 9 am Jan. 25

DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE MOTIONS TO RECESS. DELEGATE LEONARD PETE SECONDS MOTION. COUNCIL VOTE TO RECESS, 10-9, AT 5:35 PM SPEAKER BATES, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY WORK SESSION ON FEB. 1. AND REQUEST TO HAVE NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE FOR ONE ITEM. COUNCIL SESSION WILL BEGIN TOMORROW, JAN 26, THURSDAY, AT 9 A.M.

Council confirms JoAnn Jayne as Supreme Court chief justice

LEGISLATION 0273-17  An Action Relating to the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of JoAnn Jayne as Probationary Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie COUNCIL VOTES ON CONFIRMATION OF JOANN JAYNE AS CHIEF JUSTICE, 17-3. AS SOON AS SPEAKER ANNOUNCES VOTE, THE PEOPLE IN GALLERY CLAP AND SHOUT IN […]

Council on confirmation of JoAnn Jayne as Chief Justice

LEGISLATION 0273-17: An Action Relating to the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of JoAnn Jayne as Probationary Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court SPONSOR: Honorable Edmund Yazzie JOANN JAYNE, I’m humbled tp be here. Raised in Tohatchi. Helped Grandmother with herding sheep. I am here to inform you that I was qualified […]

Council opens door for Shihasin Fund for commerical buildings

LEGISLATION 0401-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order; Budget and Finance, and Naabik’fyati’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Amending CD-68-14, The Navajo Nation Sfhasin Fund (90%) SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Walter Phelps SPEAKER LORENZO BATES SAYS LEGISLATION 0401-17 REQUIRES 22 “YES” VOTES. COUNCIL VOTES ON 0401-17, VOTING MACHINE SHOWS 21-1, WHEN DELEGATE […]

Council back on amendment to Sihasin Fund

LEGISLATION 0401-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order; Budget and Finance, and Naabik’fyati’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Amending CD-68-14, The Navajo Nation Sfhasin Fund (90%) SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Walter Phelps DELEGATE CROTTY, if we open this up, are we opening up funds for construction of buildings to operate out of? […]

Bill for Navajo takeover federal coal regs fails

LEGISLATION 0348-17: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Resources and Development, and Naabik’fyati’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Asserting Sovereignty and taking over Primary Regulatory Authority from the Federal Government, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement over all Coal Mining Lands located on the Navajo Nation, Enacting a Waiver of Sovereign Immunity; and […]

Council on bill to take over federal coal responsibilities

IT’S DAY 3, JAN. 24, WEDNESDAY, OF NAVAJO COUNCIL WINTER SESSION AND COUNCIL ON SECOND BILL. LEGISLATION 0348-17: An Act Relating to Law and Order, Resources and Development, and Naabik’fyati’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Asserting Sovereignty and taking over Primary Regulatory Authority from the Federal Government, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement over […]

Navajo Council tables bill to amend Sihasin Fund

ITS IS DAY 3 OF NAVAJO COUNCIL WINTER SESSION, JAN. 24, WEDNESDAY NAVAJO COUNCIL NOW ON LEGISLATION 0401-17: An Action Relating to Law and Order; Budget and Finance, and Naabik’fyati’ Committees and Navajo Nation Council; Amending CD-68-14, The Navajo Nation Sfhasin Fund (90%) SPONSOR: Honorable Dwight Witherspoon CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Walter Phelps SPONSOR, DELEGATE WITHERSPOON, this […]