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$1.6M for Navajo Chapters’ Emergency Plans; Changing Council Rules; NHA Board; Supporting Haaland: On Naabik’iyati Agenda, 10 am, 3.11.21

It is now 6:21 pm, 3.11.21, and Naabi continues to Debate/Amend Legislation 0318-20, which are Amendments to the Navajo Nation Council & its Standing Committees Rules of Order, which includes the Navajo Nation Ethics in Rules Law Code of Conduct for ALL Elected Navajo officials. It is now 12:08 pm. Once again, Navajo Nation Council […]

Loophole for sanctioned directors?

STILL HERE AT RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS NOW ON LEGISLATION 0108-18, WHCIH SEEKS TO LIFT SANCTIONS ON DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAM AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR. AUDITOR GENERAL OFFICE audit and review of corrective action plan and recommended sanctions for Business Industrial Development Fund. But former Division of Economic Development […]

Navajo Council’s Resource & Development Committee talks water rights, decentralization, Five Year economic development plan

Here at the Navajo Nation Council Resources & Development Committee meeting at the Navajo Nation Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz, where the RDC is currently listening to a Report from Navajo Division of Community Development Director Leonard Chee about the Decentralization Initiative/Administrative Service Offices. I finally got a strong enough WiFi signal. I think […]

Navajo Nation President Shelly flip-flops on proposed Grand Canyon Escalade Project

Grand Canyon Development Plan Sparks Dispute Among Navajo – NBC News.com. ABC NEWS – Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said he plans to green-light the project and the $65 million required from the tribe for road, water and communication facilities. While overlooking the canyon from its south rim, Shelly explained, “I come here and I […]

Navajo Council Delegate Leonard Pete calls tribal economic development proposed budget “stupid and dumb.”

I’m here at the Navajo Council Resources and Development Committee meeting on “Oversight 2015 Budget Hearings” of Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency; Division of Transportation; Division of Community Development; Division of Economic Development at Council chambers in Window Rock. The proposed 2015 budget for the Division of Economic Development is in front of the RDC […]

Navajo President Shelly talks carbon sequestration, gasification, restarting Desert Rock

Here at Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources Energy Summit at Twin Arrows Casino & Resort. Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly is speaking. We are being told not to burn coal. so maybe we should export coal. china and even russia came over. we’ve done international trade with NAPI. We were told not to sell […]

$220 million for Navajo Nation Capital Improvement Projects is in separate legislation

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0118-13, WHICH IS RECOMMENDING AND APPROVING THE NAVAJO NATION CHAPTERS’ INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR 2013 TO 2018. DELEGATE DWIGHT WITHERSPOON The funding amount for the Hard Rocks Chapter’s Headstart program was part of earlier version of 0118-13 and now this version of 0118-13 states that there […]

President Shelly vetoed earlier version of Capital Improvement Projects with “BS all over it.”

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0118-13, recommending and approving the Navajo Nation chapters’ infrastructure improvement priority projects for 2013 to 2018. DELEGATE NELSON BEGAYE We need to approve this list. I think that the Council has been trying to approve a list since 2006. And it’s my community of Rough Rock that […]

Copy of Speaker Naize’s priorities for Az funding

Here at Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee where Committee debating Navajo Nation priorities for funding from Arizona for budget year 2015. Click on href=”https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7xhIWpNuJXib1BFU0pzOWJacVNUT1Q2ZDlUeE9VRVl4TW5Z/edit?usp=sharing”>Legislation 0360-13 to read legislation.