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Navajo Council approves $3M for emergency snow aid for 110 chapters, 1.25.23

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, the Navajo Nation Council approved $3 million in emergency snow aid to the Nation’s 110 chapters, which are the local governments across the Nation, Wednesday evening. 7:37pm 1.25.23 navajo council votes 19 in favor, 2 opposed on $3M in emergency snow assistance for 110 chapters. I was at Navajo Council chambers in Window […]

Temporary Removal of Speaker Damon, Navajo Council, 1 pm, 11.4.22

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, the Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee approved to two amendments to Legislation 0208-22, which seeks Council approval to place Speaker Seth Damon on temporary administrative leave without pay, which does not affect his position as Council delegate. Damon will continue to receive his delegate salary of $25,000 a year and all other benefits of […]

Temporary removal of Navajo Council Speaker Damon, Naabik’iyati Committee, 9 am, 11.4.22

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, the Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee voted 19 in favor, zero opposed to adopt their agenda. There were no amendments to the agenda and so the Naabik’iyati Committee’s proposed agenda is their adopted agenda. It is 9:41 am, 11.4.22, and interim Speaker Eugenia Charles-Newton, who is the Law and Order Committee chairwoman, called for […]

Navajo Council special mtg: Emergency Financial Assistance for Dine’ facing NTUA Utility Disconnections, 1 pm, 9.29.22

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, the Navajo Nation Council has called a Special Session at 1 pm, 9.29.22, at the Navajo Council chambers in Window Rock, Arizona. The Navajo Council meeting is available via telecommunications: Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833Meeting ID: 928 871 7160Passcode: 86515 Livestream will be available online at:VIMEO: www.vimeo.com/navajonationcouncilYouTube: www.youtube.com/navajonationcouncilNNC Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/navajonationcouncil According to Legislation 0177-22, […]

Navajo Naabi Comm. hears Sexual Assault & MMDRLGBTQ+ Rept. But where Funds for MMDRLGBTQ+?!

It’s now 1:43 PM, 5.12.22, and the Navajo Council Naabik’iyati FINALLY Hearing the “Report from the Naabik’íyáti’ Sexual Assault Prevention (SAP) Subcommittee on the United States Department of Justice Consultation Written Report on Efforts to Address the Unacceptably High Rate of Violent Crimes in Native Communities, including the Rates of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons. […]

Lame Duck Navajo Council Resources & Development Committee at Twin Arrows to Talk Govt Reform, 9 am, 2.22.22

Greeting Relatives/Frens/Humans, the Navajo Nation Council Resources & Development Committee is having Two Days of Leadership Meetings to TALK, & TALK about Alternative Form of Governance & Western Local Governance Act Certified Chapters in the Plush Surroundings of the Navajo Nation Greetings RelaTwin Arrows Resort & Casino, while our Elders, Children, Families FACE what the […]

Posted – GAO 21-97 Report on IHS Doctor Abuse Report, 10.4.21

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I tried looking for a news story that would not need a subscription to read, but I could not find one. The following news story, “Feds Must Release IHS Doctor Abuse Report, 2nd Circ. says,” was posted by Law360, but a subscription is needed to read the entire story. Feds Must Release IHS […]

Oil & Gas drilling along Buffalo Pass in Chuska Mountains

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, The following information and photos were emailed to me by a concerned citizen of the Navajo Nation. Lukachukai is a small remote community on the Navajo Nation. Buffalo Pass goes through the Chuska Mountains, which has breath-taking beauty. Many families use the mountains near Lukachukai as summer camps to take care of their […]

Navajo government reform requires going to the People. You can’t expect the People to come to you.

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’m back here at the Navajo Nation Government Development Commission where the Commission is continuing their seminar on Indigenous Nation-Building: Leadership, Governance, Constitutions, and Development Success” which was started at their January 2015 meeting. The agenda of the NGD Commission is a continuation of the Commission’s seminar in January 2015. SESSION TWELVE – […]

Constitutional reform case: Traveling the rocky road

HERE AT NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ., WHERE NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS CONTINUING THEIR “INDIGENOUS NATION BUILDING: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, CONSTITUTION, AND DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS” SEMINAR BY DR. MANLEY BEGAYE JR. SESSION SIX, “CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM CASE: TRAVELING THE ROCKY ROAD” DR. MANLEY BEGAYE JR. Here is an example, a rurally situated nation has […]