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Navajo Nation insurance legislation headed to Council

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE. NAVAJO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTORNEY RITA BEGAY Up to 1989, tribe had $10,000 deductible but because of huge white collar crime, the deductible went up. DELEGATES WALTER PHELPS ARRIVES, ELMER BEGAY, GEORGE APACHITO AND EDMUND YAZZIE ARRIVE TO NAABIK’IYATI MEETING. THERE ARE 14 DELEGATES PRESENT AT NAABI MEETING. BATES […]

Navajo Nation has $250,000 deductible for White Collar Crime

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. Naabi votes to adopt agenda, 9 in favor, 0 opposed. DELEGATE JONATHAN NEZ ask to go to new business because the old business will take lengthy discussion. VOTE 5 in favor, 4 opposed NEW BUSINESS LEGISLATION 0082-13, SPONSORED BY DELEGATE EDMUND […]

Performance insurance bond payment coming from coal mine revenues

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL, WHERE DEBATING LEGISLATION 0367-13, WHICH IS REALTED TO BHP COAL MINE. DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD HOW will performance bond be paid? DELEGATE BATES based on the schedule provided to us, I got controller involved so what getting is revenue projections in event legislation fails and to right is needed money/revenue. can see […]

Navajo Council meeting on Legislation regarding BHP coal mine

Motion by Smith and Apachito SPONSOR NAVAJO COUNCIL DELEGATE LORENZO BATES I want to emphasize to colleagues that insurance not for BHP, for us, NTEC, who are, will be the owners. It has nothing to do with BHP. We are the owners and it’s required. It’s unfortunate that thru this process to complete the acquisition […]

Naa’bik’iyati Committee approves Legislation for NTEC to make additional concessions for coal mine purchase

Here at Naa’bik’iyati Committee where Naabi approved Legislation 0367-13, which waives 100 percent of tribal sovereign immunity, allows Navajo Transitional Energy Company to use New Mexico and Arizona courts to resolve disputes regarding reclamation insurance, and for NTEC to obtain a bond/loan for its reclamation insurance for coal mine and operation of coal that NTEC […]

Navajo Transit System On The Road Again!

Greetings Relatives/Frens, The Navajo Transit System will be up and running tomorrow and serving its more than 1,042 passengers, who are primarily students attending Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, N.M., or Dine’ College in Tsaile, Ariz. I spoke with NTS Fleet Coordinator Harrison Smith late this afternoon at the NTS headquarters in Fort Defiance, Ariz., […]