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 […]
Navajo President Shelly finished his State of the Nation address and now the Council is responding to his report and Shelly and Vice President Rex Lee Jim are responding to the Council’s questions and comments. DELEGATE KATHERINE BENALLY With respect to the Headstart office, Sharon Singer, it was challenging for them. And there is initiative […]
Here at Navajo Council Naabik’iyati Committee, which was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. It is now 11:12 a.m. and still no quorum. One of the legislative staff said that the lack of a quorum was because many of the Council delegates are busy with other activities, such as the annual Navajo Council horseback ride […]
YouTube Video, “How will the Navajo Council use $554 m.? And will the Navajo People be involved?” The Navajo Nation Council has started making plans for the $554 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the tribe in 2006 against the United States for mismanagement of tribal trust funds and tribal resources. And those plans […]
This YouTube Video is about: Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Navajo Nation Council Speaker Pro Temp LoRenzo Bates held a June 4, 2014, signing ceremony for the $554 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the tribe against the U.S. for alleged misuse of tribal trust funds. The Council approved the settlement with a […]
Developers say Escalade project at Colorado River confluence on track – Navajo-Hopi Observer – Flagstaff, Arizona. KATHERINE LOCKE: If the project gets council approval by the end of June, and the project gets through the permitting process, the project’s developers plan to begin construction in the summer of 2015 with the goal to begin operation […]
I ATTENDED THE NAVAJO COUNCIL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JOINT MEETING WITH NAABIK’IYAT COMMITTEE TODAY, MAY 27, 2014, REGARDING “NAVAJO HOUSING AUTHORITY ISSUES REGARDING POTENTIAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) FUND REVERSION AND CHANGE IN FUNDING METHODOLOGY THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. THE STAKEHOLDERS INVITED WERE RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE, NAVAJO HOUSING […]
Here is Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly’s State of the Nation address that he delivered to the Navajo Nation Council during Day 1 of their annual Spring session at the Council chamber in Window Rock, Ariz., on April 21, 2014. After about and hour and a half of comments and questions from Council delegates on […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL SPRING SESSION, WHERE NAVAJO PRESIDENT BEN SHELLY GAVE HIS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS AND COUNCIL DELEGATES ARE MAKING COMMENTS AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ADDRESS. DELEGATE JONATHAN NEZ I’d like to see more of you, Mr. President, at our Budget and Finance Committee meetings for proposed tribal revenue projections for […]
HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL SPRING SESSION, WHERE NAVAJO PRESIDENT BEN SHELLY GAVE HIS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS AND COUNCIL DELEGATES ARE MAKING COMMENTS AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ADDRESS. DELGATE RUSSELL BEGAYE I appreciate you saying that if proposed Rangeland Improvement Act goes before you that you will veto it. I liked the Act […]
