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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 ...
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren supports the legislation, a spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News. It has received a mixed response in committee hearings, with more delegates voting in ...
The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test a tribal law that bans uranium from being transported on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the mineral and return to the mine ...
The Supreme Court seemed split Monday as it weighed a dispute involving the federal government and the Navajo Nation’s quest for water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw ...
On September 5, 2019, the Navajo Nation, through official action of the Naabikʼíyátiʼ Committee, approved support for the Equality Act with 16 votes in favor and 0 opposed. The passage of the legislation authorizes the Speaker of the Council, President of the Navajo Nation, and the Navajo Nation Washington Office and its designees to ...
From 1979 to the beginning of 1981, Jan Crull Jr. was a volunteer on the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico [2] where he made many contributions to the well-being of the Ramah Navajos. [3] Although a volunteer, a title - Assistant to the President and the Chapter (the reservation's local government) - was conferred upon him by a ...
Apr. 1—Native American voting rights advocates are celebrating what they call a victory in a redistricting case that ended with an out-of-court settlement in San Juan County. Plaintiffs in the ...
The office of the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council was created in 1991 following restructuring of the Navajo Nation government. [1] The Speaker is the head of the legislative branch and presides over sessions of the council. [2] The Speaker of the council serve a term of two years during the administration of the incumbent President.