COUNCIL IS NOW ON LEGISLATION 0340-13. WHICH IS OVERRIDING PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF COUNCIL’S LEGISLATION TO CREATE A HOUSING ENTITY TO REPLACE NAVAJO HOUSING AUTHORITY. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE Compromise was that Naabik’iyati Committee assume role and to also clear up issues regarding Navajo Housing Authority oath when NHA board members take office. This legislation that was […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL CHAMBER, THE GOVERNMENT HOME OF THE DINE’ PEOPLE, WHERE THE PEOPLE’S PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE PAID WITH THE PEOPLE’S MONEY TO WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE, THE FIRE, THE AIR, THE WATER, AND MOTHER EARTH SO THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL HAVE CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, STRONG FIRE, […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’ll be heading back to the Council chamber today, Jan. 28, 2014, for the Navajo Nation Council’s Day 2 of its five-day winter session. LEGISLATION 0003-14 is item (C), which makes it the third item on the Council’s proposed agenda regarding legislation. Immediately following Legislation 0003-14 is LEGISLATION 0011-14, which is the legislation […]
It’s 3:41 pm, Jan. 27, and it’s the first day of the Navajo Council winter session. The day started with what one could term a gospel revival…very interesting. I’ll post my video of revival which also included a huge Thank You from Christian leaders for wonderful work of Speaker Naize and Council. After the revival, […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WINTER SESSION, DAY ONE. VICE PRESIDENT REX LEE JIM PRESENTED STATE OF NATION ADDRESS. COUNCIL HAD NUMEROUS QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE QUITE CRITICAL OF SOME OF THE SHELLY-JIM ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INCLUDING A HOME FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT CUDEII. BUT IN THE END, THE COUNCIL VOTED 16 IN FAVOR, 1 OPPOSED TO […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WINTER SESSION, ONE DAY. VICE PREZ JIM FINISHED STATE OF NATION ADDRESS AND COUNCIL STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS REPORT. JIM ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS BUT AFTER COUNCIL SAID HE WAS ANSWERING THEIR QUESIONS, JIM ASKED CHIEF OF STAFF MITCHELL AND DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DAMON TO HELP HIM ANSWER QUESTIONS. […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WINTER SESSION, FIRST DAY. VICE PREZ JIM PRESENTED STATE OF NATION ADDRESS AND COUNCIL BEGAN ASKING QUESTIONS. VICE PREZ HAS BEEN ANSWERING BUT THEN HE ASKED CHIEF OF STAFF ARBIN MITCHELL AND DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DAMON TO HELP HIM ANSWER QUESTIONS. DELEGATE BATES COUNCIL approved renovation of two buildings […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL’S WINTER SESSION, FIRST DAY. VICE PREZ JIM FINISHED STATE OF NATION ADDRESS AND COUNCIL WAS ASKING QUESTIONS. JIM ANSWERING QUESTIONS. VICE PREZ JIM I agree with you that all we need is one assessment of needs of Bennett Freeze. If we have 16 service units then there will be more time […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL’S WINTER SESSION DAY 1. VICE PREZ JIM FINISHED STATE OF NATION ADDRESS AND NOW DELEGATES ARE ASKING QUESTIONS. DELEGATE PHELPS Jan. 9 announcement that Choctaw Nation was among five tribes designated as Promise Zone. There are other finalists that cud have qualified, including Oglala and Fort Belnap. There is real activity […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL’S FIRST DAY OF WINTER SESSION WHERE VICE PREZ JIM FINISHED STATE OF NATION ADDRESS AND NOW COUNCIL ASKING QUESTIONS. DELEGATE LEONARD PETE Many time, the Delegates have questions about State of Nation Address and they are rarely answered. Also New Mexico has told Navajo Nation to properly account for all state […]
