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Navajo government reform requires going to the People. You can’t expect the People to come to you.

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Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’m back here at the Navajo Nation Government Development Commission where the Commission is continuing their seminar on Indigenous Nation-Building: Leadership, Governance, Constitutions, and Development Success” which was started at their January 2015 meeting. The agenda of the NGD Commission is a continuation of the Commission’s seminar in January 2015. SESSION TWELVE – […]

Fourth Branch of Navajo government: Council of Elders & Medicine People

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Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’m back here at the Navajo Nation Government Development Commission where the Commission is continuing their seminar on Indigenous Nation-Building: Leadership, Governance, Constitutions, and Development Success” which was started at their January 2015 meeting. SESSION TEN – CONSTITUTIONS II: OLD AND NEW LAW TOGETHER DR. MANLEY BEGAYE JR. The main Navajo government needs […]

Navajo flea marketerrs practice Navajo philosophy of You Do It Yourself

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Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’m back here at the Navajo Nation Government Development Commission where the Commission is continuing their seminar on Indigenous Nation-Building: Leadership, Governance, Constitutions, and Development Success” which was started at their January 2015 meeting. SESSION NINE – “SOUTHERN PINE FIRST NATION: GETTING OFF THE GROUND” DR MANLEY BEGAYE JR if YOU put in […]

Some practical consideration for a Constitution

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HERE AT NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ., WHERE NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS CONTINUING THEIR “INDIGENOUS NATION BUILDING: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, CONSTITUTION, AND DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS” SEMINAR BY DR. MANLEY BEGAYE JR. SESSION EIGHT, “CONSTITUTIONS II: SOME PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS” NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AGENDA (dated for January which is when Dr. Manley Begaye Jr. […]

Potawatomi Nation Chairman Rocky Barrett says “If you’re not thinking about constitutional reform, you’re not in the economic ballgame.”

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HERE AT NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ., WHERE NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS CONTINUING THEIR “INDIGENOUS NATION BUILDING: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, CONSTITUTION, AND DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS” SEMINAR BY DR. MANLEY BEGAYE JR. SESSION SEVEN, “WHY SHOULD ANYONE INVEST AT FAST CREEK NATION” NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AGENDA (dated for January which is when Dr. […]

Constitution must have cultural appropriateness & effectiveness

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HERE AT NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ., WHERE NAVAJO GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS CONTINUING THEIR “INDIGENOUS NATION BUILDING: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, CONSTITUTION, AND DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS” SEMINAR BY DR. MANLEY BEGAYE JR. DR. MANLEY BEGAYE JR The key issues of Constitution: Statement of nation’s identity, Who are we? Citizenship/Membership – when part of club, […]