Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, May the Sacred Holy Beings Bless us all, and that includes All of Life on Mother Earth and Between Mother Earth & Father Sky, with Nizhoni health & safety.
The 25th Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee is scheduled to convene at 10 am, today, 3.9.23, in the Dine’ Female Hogan that our Navajo govt uses to meet and call the Navajo Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz., the Navajo govt’s headquarters.
And FINALLY, the Navajo Council has Turned Back On its YouTube channel for today’s Naabi meeting. Livestream will be available online at YouTube: www.youtube.com/navajonationcouncil
And Law & Order Committee member Herman Daniels and Resources & Development Committee member Rickie Nez have brought back their proposal/Legislation 0025-23 to spend $60 MILLION of the Navajo Nation govt Land Acquisition Fund to buy the Goulding’s Monument Valley Lodge & Tours, which Daniels and R.Nez presented to the 24th Council on their last day to act on legislation in December 2022. AND Get This, they presented their $60M hotel deal as an EMERGENCY because there was a complaint that patrons were refusing to wear their masks/comply with Navajo govt COVID executive orders at the lodge restaurant, which was an emergency. FYI, the Council has a definition for what is EMERGENCY LEGISLATION because Emergency Legislation does not got through the legislative process of being electronically posted for five-days for public comment before it’s legally ready to go before a committee and the Council for their official action. The sponsors also emphasized to the Council that the offer by RGJ Corporation would expire by midnight, New Year’s Eve… BUT here it is again. And with all the Misinformation surrounding this $60 MILLION Monument Valley Lodge & Tours, which involves – 670 acres, more or less, of fee and leasehold land, $7,140,000 earnest money deposit and $52,360,000 by cashier’s check or wire at time of closing, and a 2022 total tax liability amount of $407,910.56, which the Navajo Land Dept reported. The Navajo land dept, which supports this $60M purchase, also reported that $188,824 of the $407.9K has been paid.
I’ve been attending 25th Navajo Council committee meetings, where it’s reported that the Navajo govt is bleeding money and the estimated lost of blood/money is between $40M and $50M. Budget & Finance Committee member Amber Kanazbah Crotty said at the BFC meeting Tuesday, 3.7.23, that there was no more Travel Funds for the Navajo Council. During the final days of the 24th Navajo Council, Speaker Otto Tso approved travel and meetings for Council Delegates, including Lame Duck Delegates, to Washington, DC, Colorado, Twin Arrows, etc. Tso is now a Resources & Development Committee member. That Reminds me, during the Council’s Winter Session in January, the Council voted to accept the UPDATE on the AUDIT of the SPEAKER’S OFFICE. I requested a copy. I’m still WAITING for my copy.
LEGISLATION 0025-23: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Purchase of Property Offered for Sale to the Navajo Nation by the Owners of Goulding’s Monument Valley Lodge and Tours, Monument Valley, Utah; Approving the Expenditure of Fund Principal of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to Purchase the Property; and Approving a Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity. SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Rickie Nez
PROPOSED NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA (3/9/2023) NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE OF THE 25th NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
Call-in Number: (669) 900-6833
Meeting ID: 928 871 7160
Passcode: 86515
Livestream will be available online at:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/navajonationcouncil
Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ)
Thursday, March 9, 2023 – 10:00 AM
PROPOSED AGENDA
PRESIDING CHAIR: Honorable Crystalyne Curley, Speaker, 25th Navajo Nation Council
BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES COMM.; RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMM.; LAW & ORDER COMMITTEE
Hon. Shaandiin Parrish (c) Hon. Vince R. James (c) Hon. Brenda Jesus (c) Hon. Eugenia Charles-Newton (c) Hon. Carl R. Slater (vc) Hon. Germaine Simonson (vc) Hon. Casey A. Johnson (vc) Hon. Cherilyn Yazzie (vc) Hon. Lomardo Aseret Hon. Helena Nez Begay Hon. Shawna A. Claw Hon. Steven R. Arviso Hon. Norman M. Begay Hon. Dr. Andy Nez Hon. Rickie Nez Hon. Herman M. Daniels Hon. Amber Kanazbah Crotty Hon. George Tolth Hon. Danny Simpson Hon. Nathan Notah Hon. Seth Damon Hon. Curtis Yanito Hon. Otto Tso (C) Chair & (VC) Vice-Chair
- CALL MEETING TO ORDER; ROLL CALL; INVOCATION
- RECOGNIZE GUESTS AND VISITING OFFICIALS (2 Minute Limit per Delegate)
- REVIEW AND ADOPT THE AGENDA
(m) (s) (v) - REVIEW AND ADOPT THE JOURNALS: February 23, 2023
(m) (s) (v) - RECEIVE REPORTS:
A. Orientation and Update Report by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Presented by Gregory Mehojah, BIA Regional Director and Cheryl Curley, BIA Tribal Operation’s Specialist.
(m) (s) (v) - OLD BUSINESS: NONE
- NEW BUSINESS:
A. LEGISLATION 0015-23: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting the Proposal to Amend the Constitution of New Mexico to Provide for the Creation of an Independent Redistricting Commission to Develop Redistricting Plans for Congressional Districts, State Legislative Districts and the Districts of Other Districted State Offices
SPONSOR: Honorable George Tolth
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B. LEGISLATION 0025-23: An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Purchase of Property Offered for Sale to the Navajo Nation by the Owners of Goulding’s Monument Valley Lodge and Tours, Monument Valley, Utah; Approving the Expenditure of Fund Principal of the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to Purchase the Property; and Approving a Limited Waiver of Sovereign Immunity. SPONSOR: Honorable Herman M. Daniels, Jr.
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Rickie Nez
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C. LEGISLATION 0021-23: An Action Relating to the Resources and Development and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the President’s Appointment of Garrett Silversmith as the Executive Director of the Navajo Division of Transportation
SPONSOR: Honorable Vince R. James
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D. LEGISLATION 0027-23: An Action Relating to the Resources and Development and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees; Authorizing the Department of Fish and Wildlife to Submit a Contract Application to the USDOI/BIA Under P.L. 93-638 Subpart J for $3,000,015 in Funding for a Fish Hatchery Project
SPONSOR: Honorable Danny Simpson
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E. LEGISLATION 0028-23: An Action Relating to the Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti Committees: Approving and Authorizing a Two (2) Year Extension to the Arizona Mutual Aid Compact
SPONSOR: Honorable Crystalyne Curley
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Amber Kanazbah Crotty
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Shaandiin Parrish
CO-SPONSOR: Honorable Cherilyn Yazzie
(m) (s) (v) - CLOSE OF MEETING; ANNOUNCEMENTS; ADJOURNMENT
AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The public is advised that the Navajo Nation Council Agenda and the Agendas of the Standing Committees are not final until adopted by a majority vote of the Navajo Nation Council or the Standing Committee at a Navajo Nation Council or a Standing Committee meeting pursuant to 2 N.N.C. §§163 and 183, Navajo Nation Council Rule of Order No. 7, and Standing Committee Rule of Order No. 8.
Livestream will be available online at:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/navajonationcouncil
