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Here at Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee where Committee, after couple of hours of debate, voted 10 in favor, 7 opposed to confirm Eddie Sandoval, who works for Resolute Oil and Gas in Aneth, Utah, to the Navajo Oil and Gas Board. The Naabi Committee is now on Speaker Naize’s legislation 0360-13, which adopting Navajo Nation […]

Navajo Oil and Gas Board member confirmed

Here at Naabik’iyati Committee meeting where Naabi is deep into debate over confirmation of Navajo Oil and Gas Board member. DELEGATE RUSSELL BEGAYE Three new board members. Navajo Oil and Gas Board members have expired terms, like Navajo Housing Authority Board. And because of expired terms, President Shelly followed charter to appoint Navajo Oil and […]

Legal issues stalling Navajo Oil & Gas Board appointment

Here at Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee where Committee deep in debate over confirmation of individual who works for Resolute Companey, an oil and gas company in Utah, to the Navajo Oil and Gas Company’s Board of Directors. The individual is Eddie Sandoval. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE And I know that Navajo Oil and Gas has hired […]

Conflict of Interest for Navajo Oil & Gas Company candidate?

Here at Naabik’iyati Committee where Delegate Danny Simpson asked the Naabi Committee to do a blanket approval of all legislation headed to the Council, which includes his two pieces of legislation. DELEGATE DANNY SIMPSON It’s not about being impatient. It’s about getting these legislation to Council. I’ll withdraw motion and when gets to Council, then […]

Move to approve all legislation headed to Navajo Council

Here at Naabik’iyati Committee where Committee just voted to accept Water Purification machine from Coca Cola for Leupp community where water contaminated with arsenic and uranium. Naabi now on legislation 0340-13, which is for the Council to over-ride President Shelly’s veto of the Council’s legislation regarding Council approval of a new housing entity to receive […]

Naabik’iyati Committee approves its agenda

The Navajo Council’s Naabik’iyati Committee has cnvened. The following Delegates are present: Speaker Naize, LoRenzo Bates, Nelson BeGaye, Katherine Benally, George Apachito, Leonard Pete, Alton Shepherd, Duane Tsinigine, Charles Damon, Josh Butler, Walter Phelps. There are 2 members from each committee. Committee has convened at 12:05 pm. As Committee is doing Announcements, Delegate Leonard Tsosie […]

Here at Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee

Greetings Relatives/Frens, Humans, I’m here at the Navajo Council chamber in Window Rock, Ariz., where me and several other people are waiting for the Naabi Committee to start. It’s now 11:50 a.m. and according to the Naabi Committee agenda, the NC was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Key items on the Naabi agenda are […]

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 […]

Where is Youth role in Spaces?

What is space? Online there are 1400 shares on 1491s FAceBook. But where is Space for Youth? But specific to youth born and raised in Shiprock, does national platform fit you. And then nationally, Shiprock identified as poorest county. But I disagree. And perhaps the reason for identifying is that there is a lack of […]