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Navajo Council’s top committee meets without the sky falling

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, Well, the sky hasn’t fallen…That was what Navajo Nation Council Speaker Johnny Naize predicted would happen if the Navajo Nation Court denied his request for the Court to immediately black the Council from placing him on paid leave. According to Naize’s legal CLAIMS to the Court, the paid leave would “threaten to further […]

Navajo Code Talkers: NCTA Prez MacDonald and Vice Prez Hawthorne develop Re-organization of NCTA and NCTF

HERE AT NAVAJO CODE TALKER ASSOCIATION MEETING AT THE NAVAJO NATION MUSEUM AND LIBRARY IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. NAVAJO CODE TALKER ASSOCIATION VICE PREZ ROY HAWTHORNE The NCTA needs to reorganize for a number of reasons. And when NCTA reorganizes, it will not be as a non-profit or 501C. Soon because we are losing code […]

Naabik’iyati Committee TABLES anti-Red Skins name

Naabik’iyati Committee still debating Legislation 0078-14, opposing use of disparaging references to native people in professional sports franchises. DELEGATE WALTER PHELPS I supported amendment because I wanted more info from Navajo Nation Tourism and Economic Development. We need due diligence first. We cud be shooting selves in foot if approve this legislation. So I motion […]

Delegate Shepherd: Tell our people we stand for the truth

Naabik’iyati Committee still debating Legislation 0078-14, opposing the use of disparaging references to native people in professional sports franchises. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE I don’t know if disparaging? In looking at NFL Red Skin logo, it’s not the buck tooth Savage that I saw on the side of semi-trucks. DELEGATE LORENZO CURLEY This package is well […]

Delegate Leonard Tsosie: I preferred being the cowboy when playing cowboy and Indians

Naabik’iyati Committee continues debate on Legislation 0078-14: opposing the use of disparaging references to native people in professional sports franchises. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE if you talk to elder about this, they’ll say that this is not worth discussing. that there are more important things. i can see Obama using this as feather in cap. Bigger […]

Remove all references to Navajo Code Talkers

Naabik’iyati Committee still debating Legislation 0078-14: opposing use of disparaging references to Native people in professional sports franchises. DELEGATE RUSSELL BEGAYE Amendment to delete references to Navajo Code Talkers meeting with NFL Red Skins owner Dan Synder. DELEGATE LORENZO BATES Since sponsor Delegate Butler said he holds Code Talkers in highest regard, why wud he […]

Navajo Code Talkers: We have no problem with name, Red Skins

Naabik’iyati Committee still debating Legislation 0078-14: opposing use of disparaging references to Native people in professional sports franchises. NAVAJO CODE TALKER PRESIDENT PETER MAC DONALD SR. We lose about 3 or 4 Code Talkers a year. Many of us are 80 years and older. We support museum and veterans center on 240 acres donated to […]

Naabik’iyati now on Legislation opposing use of Red Skins

Naabik’iyati Committee is now on Legislation 0078-14: opposing the use of disparging references to native people in professional sports franchises. SPEAKER PRO TEMP ROSCOE SMITH since Navajo Code Talkers mentioned in Legislation 0078-4, NCT President Peter MacDonald Sr. has asked to speak. DELEGATE JOSHUA BUTLER this legislation establishes official position of Navajo Nation to oppose […]

Here at Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee

The Naabik’iyati Committee has started. It’s now 11:34 am. Former Navajo Nation Chairperson Peter MacDonald Sr., as president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association, is here. Accompanying him is Navajo Code Talker Association Vice President Ray Hawthorne. I asked why they were at Naabi meeting and MacDonald joking answered that he wanted to know if […]