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Gallup, NM, hearing on 175 percent interest on small loans

PRESS RELEASE – Public hearing on the proposed rulemaking on Small Loans will be hosted in Gallup, New Mexico ST. MICHAELS, Ariz.  – On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the Financial Institutions Division (FID) of the New Mexico Regulations and Licensing Department will be conducting a public hearing on the proposed rule changes on small loans in […]

Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission hosting public hearings on treatment of Navajo citizens by border town police

www.nnhrc.navajo-nsn.gov/docs/TNCBLE-PublicHearings_updated.pdf. The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission is hosting public hearings on the treatment of Navajo citizens by law enforcement in border towns. In 2008, the NNHRC hosted several public hearings that examined race relations between Navajo and non-Navajo citizens. The Commission found that there is a serious lack of understanding of Navajo culture by […]

Plants, water, animals also have same rights as human rights.

The Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee has started, but not officially because they do not have a quorum. But it was decided that the committee would begin listening to reports. The first report if from the “Save the Confluence” families. DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON I understand the protection of sacred sites. And there are national parks that […]

Navajo Human Rights Commission: People have right to govern their own lands

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE COUNCIL HAS BEEN CHALLENGED TO RETURN THE GOVERNING POWER OF THE NAVAJO PEOPLE BACK TO THE NAVAJO PEOPLE THROUGH THE COUNCIL’S APPROVAL OF LEGISLATION 0369-12 WHICH WOULD HAVE THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE A REFERENDUM FOR THE NAVAJO PEOPLE TO AMEND LAW BY REMOVING THE COUNCIL AS THE GOVERNING BODY AND RETURNING […]

Nadleeh or Hermaphrodite or Cis-gender

The Navajo Human Rights Commission has reconvened its public hearings on Navajo gender violence and Violence against Navajo woman and Navajo LGBTQs at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. VIRGINIA EDGEWATER I work with MSPI which is a meth prevention and awareness program that works in the community. An upcoming event is LGBTQ […]

Veterans and PTSD and domestic violence

Here at the Navajo Human Rights Commission public hearing on Navajo gender violence and Violence against Navajo women and LGBTQs at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. The hearing is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. OLIN KEYiOME I am an Iraq veteran and a recipient of two Purple Hearts and I want […]

Our leaders are ignorant and arrogant

Here at the Navajo Human Rights Commission public hearing on Navajo gender violence and Violence against Navajo women and LGBTQs at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. The hearing is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. VIRGINA EDGEWATER I’m a victim of domestic violence and I’m a survivor. I’ve called police and police […]

Sexual violence in Boarding Schools

Here at the Navajo Human Rights Commission public hearing on Navajo gender violence and Violence against Navajo women and LGBTQs at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. The hearing is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. NHR COMMISSION STEVE DARDEN Share story, two years ago as having ceremony for son, sheriff came to […]

Navajo police not responding to domestic violence calls

Here at the Navajo Human Rights Commission public hearing on Navajo gender violence and Violence against Navajo women and LGBTQs at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. The hearing is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. RADMILLA CODY, FORMER MISS NAVAJO NATION, GRAMMY NOMINATED ARTIST As survivor of domestic violence, I work in […]

Have we become desensitized to Domestic Violence

Here at Navajo Human Rights Commission public hearing on Gender Violence and Violence Against Navajo women and Navajo LGBTQs (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders & Queers) NAVAJO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER JUSTIN TSOSIE Represent at-large group on commission and I also am an international representative for coal miners. Navajo Nation employees have right to organize as a […]