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President Shelly and Vice President Jim State of Nation address

Navajo Council finished adopting Winter Session agenda and now the Council goes to reports. The first report is the State of Nation Address which President Shelly usually presents. But Vice President Rex Lee Jim is making report. CLICK ON State of Nation Address to read State of Nation Address. VICE PRESIDENT REX LEE JIM Navajo […]

Navajo Nation signs MOU with Israel, Navajo children hitch-hiking

Greeting Relatives/Frens, I was doing a quick check of emails before heading to Navajo Council’s Budget and Finance Committee and I just had to share this press release from Gordon Bronitsky, who is a private entrepeneur that solicites Indigenous people to travel to Europe for cultural exchange. It appears that Bronitsky got Navajo Nation President […]

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 […]

$4.1 million for NTEC heading to Naabi?

Navajo Council Resources & Development Committee continues debating $4.1 million for Navajo Transitional Energy Company. Prime Sponsor is Delegate LoRenzo Bates and co-sponsor is RDC Vice Chairperson Roscoe Smith. DELEGATE LORENZO BATES Energy Policy would be required to determine how tribe would also use coal from BHP coal mine after tribe purchases. Coal would no […]

Farmington Daily Times story on BHP coal mine press conference

Greetings Relatives/Frens! I’m sharing a story from Farmington Daily Times news reporter Noel Smith about yesterday’s press conference involving Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, Speaker Johnny Naize and Council Delegate LoRenzo Bates, who is also the Budget & Finance Committee chairperson at the Upper Fruitland Chapter near Farmington, N.M. I’m posting her story and the […]

Prez Shelly: No veto of $4.1 m. for NTEC if Energy Policy approved

PRESS CONFERENCE ON NAVAJO NATION PURCHASE OF BHP BILLITON COAL MINE STARTS AT 11:12 AM AT THE UPPER FRUITLAND CHAPTER NAVAJO COUNCIL DELEGATE LORENZO BATES We’re here to find out if the Executive Branch and Legislative Branch are still together on the purchase of the BHP coal mine, which would provide revenue stream to the […]

Federal shut-down shuts-down Navajo Transit System

GREETINGS RELATIVES/FRENS, I’ve been busy gathering as much information as possible on the direct impact of the government shut-down on the Navajo Nation and posting it. The most recent direct impact is from the Navajo Nation Transition System, which is the ONLY public transportation on the vast and very rural Navajo Reservation. I received it […]

Government Shut-Down & Navajo Nation Health

Greetings Frens/Relatives, The following is an Oct. 1, 2013, press release from Navajo Area Indian Health Office in St. Michaels, Ariz. I also posted a link to a Native News Network news stories on a press release from the Indian Health Service in Washington, D.C. And I also posted a Oct. 1, 2013, statement from […]

NGS lease: Navajo water rights not “deal killer”

By Marley Shebala (Published in Gallup Post 7-25-201. Updated 8-8-13) WINDOW ROCK – The Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation is under an extreme drought. And the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Reservation is under extreme and severe drought conditions. That’s according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and […]

Proposed Navajo Nation Energy Policy headed to Council

Greetings Relatives/Frens, I received a text from Farmington Daily Times news reporter Noel Smith that as she was looking for proposed Navajo Nation Council legislation on Council Delegate Katherine Benally’s $220 million bond, she came across another proposed Council legislation that we have both been tracking – the Navajo Nation Energy Policy. For those of […]