Vote is 2 in favor, 2 opposed so Resources & Development Committee Vice Chairperson Roscoe Smith says that this matter is very serious and needs to move forward to Naa’bik’iyati Committee and Council so vote yes. FINAL VOTE BY RDC IS 3 in favor, 2 opposed which means that Legislation 0367-13 moves forward to Budget […]
NAVAJO COUNCIL RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING PROPOSED LEGISLATION 0367-13: A PROPOSED NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL RESOLUTION; AN ACTION RELATING TO RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, BUDGET AND FINANCE, AND NAABIK’IYATI’; APPROVING AN ALTERNATIVE FORUM FOR ENFORCEMENT OF BINDING ARBITRATION AND ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THE NAVAIO NATION SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY ACT IN THE GENERAL INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS […]
Here at Navajo Council Resources & Development Committee’s special meeting regarding continued purchase of BHP coal mine by Navajo Nation, which is represented by Navajo Transitional Energy Company, a tribal enterprise that the Council created to complete negotiations of BHP coal mine. I did an interview with NTEC President Steve Gunderson and asked him about […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens/Human, I looked online and the Navajo Council’s Resources & Development Committee is having a SPECIAL meeting AT 10 AM TODAY, 12-19-13, at the Navajo Council chamber, Window Rock, and the only item on their agenda is LEGISLATION 0367-13: An action relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance and Naabik’iyati’ approving an alternative […]
The Navajo Human Rights Commission is taking a break from their public hearings on Navajo gender violence and Violence against Navajo women and Navajo LGBTQs. The hearing ends at 5 pm here at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. The next hearing is Jan. 15, 2014, at the Tuba City, Ariz., Chapter and […]
TONIGHT at 6 pm on KTNN 660 AM Radio, Marshall Johnson of To’ Nizhoni Ani (Beautiful Water Speaks) will discuss U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act provision to regulate Nitrogen Oxide/NOx emissions by implementing the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) for Navajo Generating Station (NGS) in five years. NGS has negatively impacted the Navajo […]
Energy economics say wind, solar best path for Navajo Nation | Arizona Capitol Times.
SHIPROCK CHAPTER PRESIDENT DUANE “CHILI” YAZZIE: In this purchase of BHP Navajo Coal Mine, there is also a plan to use the Navajo Nation Permanent Trust Fund to buy BHP mine. And so remember, the Navajo people, us, have to approve that first. FEMALE COMMUNITY MEMBER: We should wait for correct language before voting. But […]
Debate begins over Shiprock Chapter President Duane “Chili” Yazzie’s proposed resolution for the Shiprock Chapter to Object to the Navajo Council’s approval of a waiver of liabilities for BHP in the purchase of BHP’s coal mine. SHIPROCK COMMUNITY MEMBER, SAMMY: A lot of people probably already think that the mine is already purchase. I’m concerned […]
Shiprock President Duane “Chili” Yazzie is reading his legislation:”Stating an Objection to the Navajo Nation Council Approval to Grant BHP Mine’s a Waiver of All Liability in the BHP Navajo Mine Purchase by the Navajo Nation.” WHEREAS: The Shiprock Chapter of the Navajo Nation acts on this resolution pursuant to the authority conferred to the […]
