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The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in ...
Roughly $27.5 million will be spent on four new bridges on Interstate 40, which will directly impact the Navajo Nation communities of Window Rock and Lupton to meet “geometric design standards.”
The Navajo Nation makes up the largest tribe in Arizona, with about 131,000 members, according to the US Census. The presence of both parties at Saturday’s parade underscored the electoral ...
Kelsey A. Begaye (January 7, 1951 – August 13, 2021) [1] was elected the fifth president of the Navajo Nation in November 1998, defeating fellow Democrat Joe Shirley, Jr. in the general election. [2] In 2002, he lost to Shirley in his bid for reelection. [3] [4] [5]
In June, Navajo Nation Council Del. Seth Damon introduced legislation to repeal parts of a 2005 tribal law, the Diné Marriage Act, which outlawed same sex-marriages.
The Navajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund was established on March 15 by former Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch. The Relief Fund provides aid to elders raising their grandchildren, struggling families, single parents, and those with compromised immune systems . [ 11 ]
The Navajo Nation Presidency, in its current form, was created on December 15, 1989, after directives from the federal government guided the Tribal Council to establish the current judicial, legislative, and executive model. This was a departure from the system of "Council and Chairmanship" from the previous government body.
Leonard Gorman, executive director of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, said in an interview Monday the plaintiffs agreed to the new map because it "increased the Native American voting ...