HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WHERE DEBATING LEGISLATION 0090-14: SUpporting the Navajo Nation’s and the Crow Tribe’s Combined and Collaborative Efforts in Energy; Supporting the U.S. Congress’ Permanent Extension of the Indian Coal Production Tax Credit; and Opposing the U.S.’ Proposed Carbon Tax, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Electric Generating Unit […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans! I received a very important statement from a group of Dine’ (Navajo) medicine people, elders, philosophers that go by the name of Nohooka Dine’ Leadership. Leland Grass, who is the spokesperson the group, has explained that the group speaks though him because their only language is Dine’ (Navajo). During the past year, many […]
Here at Meeting of Dine’ Minds “Restoring Communication and Underestanding Within Our Nation.” DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE Name of game is shale oil and my communities are having to deal with it. And one thing for sure, none of you is jumping on horses. You’ll flip on your lights. You’ll use natural gas or electricity to […]
Here at Navajo Nation Museum where “Meeting of Dine’ Minds is presenting People’s Public Forum for Restoring Communication and Understanding Within Our Nation. I’m really happy that several Navajo Nation Council delegates showed up to answer questions from people attending this forum. The delegates that were on this morning’s panel were Delegates Leonard Tsosie, Russell […]
GREETING RELATIVES/FRENS/HUMANS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS POSTED LAST NIGHT BUT APPARENTLY IT WENT INTO THE DRAFT FOLDER. SO HERE IT IS. THE VOTE TO AUTHORIZE CHILI TO FILE INJUNCTION AGAINST BHP COAL MINE BUY WAS ABOUT 10 PM, LAST NIGHT, DEC. 6, 2014! HERE AT SHIPROCK CHAPTER MEETING WHERE EXCITING AND AMAZING DEBATE HAPPENING OVER […]
Still here at Shiprock, NM, chapter meeting… SHIPROCK CHAPTER PRESIDENT DUANE “CHILI” YAZZIE And now we need to address and vote on resolution that authorizes “Duane H. Yazzie to file a petition for injunction on the Navajo Nation purchase of the BHP mine in Shiprock District Court.” Here is an example, if your car stall […]
HERE AT SHIPROCK CHAPTER… SHIPROCK COMMUNITY MEMBER FANNIE ETCITTY I remember when we, as children, wud be punished for speaking our language with lye soap put into our mouths. And as we talk about BHP, I ask where we will get scholarships for our students. BHP helped 40 of our students. Students are always asking […]
HERE AT SHIPROCK CHAPTER… NAVAJO MEDICINE MAN HENRY BARBER (Shiprock Prez) Chili Yazzie, I look up to you as hero. (Navajo Council Delegate) Russell (Begaye), I look up to you as leader. First we are Navajo. OUr thots are Navajo…the speaking, the thinking. It starts with our prayers. It’s about life. That is what makes […]
HERE AT SHIPROCK CHAPTER SHIPROCK CHAPTER PREZ DUANE “CHILI” YAZZIE Agenda item 8-C: Request for Navajo Attorney General Harrison Tsosie for Opinion on Navajo Council Delegates charges with violations. Money is scary and overpowering. And when someone misuses funds, it’s going to be known and in the future you will be caught. I survived it […]
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ROSE FASTHORSE NOFCHISSEY Community educators have started a new community school that is founded on hands-on Navajo emersion teachings. This is Shiprock’s first Navajo emersion school and the first one on the New Mexico side of the Navajo Reservation. SHIPROCK CHAPTER VICE PRESIDENT TOMMIE YAZZIE The first order of business is a report from […]
