Here at Navajo Council’s first day of their five-day Winter Session, where Council adopted their Agenda with a few changes to order of legislation.

The Council is now on Legislation 0005-15 An Action Relating To NAABIK’ IYATI’ And The Navajo Nation Council; Confirming _____________________As Speaker Of The 23rd Navajo Nation Council

NAVAJO COUNCIL DELEGATE DAVIS FILFRED nominates COUNCIL DELEGATE LORENZO BATES. BATES ACCEPTS NOMINATION.

DELEGATE LEONARD PETE NOMINATES DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE. YAZZIE DECLINES BECAUSE OF HIS INVOLVEMENT/SUPPORT OF HIS SON’S BAND.

DELEGATE JONATHAN HALE NOMINATES DELEGATE WALTER PHELPS. PHELPS ACCEPTS.

DELEGATE NORMAN BEGAY NOMINATES SPEAKER PRO TEM KEE ALLEN BEGAY. DELEGATE NORMAN BEGAY ALSO EMPHASIZES THAT THE SPEAKER SHOULD SPEAK FLUENT NAVAJO. SPEAKER PRO TEM BEGAY ACCEPTS NOMINATION AND ASKS DELEGATE LEONARD PETE TO SERVE AS SPEAKER PRO TEM. BUT DELEGATE PETE MISUNDERSTANDS AND STARTS TO NOMINATE A DELEGATE AND SO SPEAKER PRO TEM BEGAY ASKS DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE TO BE PRO TEM.

SPEAKER PRO TEM EDMUND YAZZIE CALLS ON DELEGATE PETE, WHO NOMINATES DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD. SHEPHERD ACCEPTS.

DELEGATE NELSON BEGAYE MAKES A MOTION TO END THE NOMINATIONS.
COUNCIL VOTE TO END NOMINATIONS,