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Navajo Nation Attorney General says there is a “middle ground” for digging up Mother Earth

Here at Navajo Nation Energy Summit at Twin Arrows Casino. Navajo Division of Natural Resources Division Director Fred White gave welcome address. Navajo Nation Attorney General Harrison Tsosie is now speaking. He opened his remarks with Navajo history. “Therefore we are called the Holy Surface People,” he says. “Fundamental law remains unchanged.” I talked about […]

Navajo Transitional Energy Company paying profits to BHP for $85 million loan

HERE AT NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY COMPANY’S PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING AT NAVAJO NATION MUSEUM IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. What is cost of coal mine operating agreement? SAM WOODS Get back to you. we are in fourth month of operation. What is amount of BHP note (which is the loan that BHP made to NTEC for NTEC […]

Navajo Transitional Energy Company meeting

NTEC CEO Sam Woods making presentation: NTEC created 2013. In December 2013, NTEC executed several agreements: coal agreement with APS for Four Corners Plant; operating agreement with BHP. NTEC is to be reliable safe producer of coal, while diversifing the Nation’s energy resources to create economic and enviornemtnal sustainabilit for the Nvajo people. WE ARE […]

Navajo attorney: URI has agreed to cleanup before any uranium activity

Here at Navajo council Resources & Development Committee’s Subcommi ttee on a Proposed agreement between the Navajo Nation and URI/Uranium Resources Inc. of Texas for URI to conduct a demonstration project involving In-Situ Uranium Mining near Church Rock, N.M. Before I go any further, please excuse all typos and grammar errors and misspelling because I’m […]

In 30 years…

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 […]

Meeting of Dine’ Minds

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 […]

Shiprock authorizes its Chapter Prez Chili Yazzie to file injunction against BHP coal mine purchase

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 […]

Public hearings, Land conference, Xmas shutdown & Twin Arrows Casino/Resort

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, It’s a busy week for the Navajo Council’s standing committees and other tribal government entities. A reminder the Navajo Human Rights Commission is having its first of three public hearings tomorrow, Dec. 18, 2013, at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz., from 8 am to 5 pm. The hearings are “to […]

Navajo Prez and Spkr Naize: Look at me!

This is pretty hilarious; Navajo President Ben Shelly just announced that he’s having a Signing Ceremony today, at noon, at his office. Shelly’s signing ceremony will also involve the Energy Policy that the Council approved on Oct. 22. He’ll also sign the $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC, that has been sitting on […]

How the Navajo Council voted on Energy Policy

The Navajo Council vote to approve LEGISLATION 0276-13: the Energy Policy, also rescinded the Energy Policy approved under the former Navajo Chair Peter MacDonald administration. The Council vote was 13 in favor, 6 opposed on Legislation 0276-13 at 11:23 am on Oct. 22, 2013. 13 DELEGATES VOTING “YES” George APACHITO LoRenzo BATES Nelson BEGAYE Katherine […]