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Navajo Council approves $15 m. for 110 chapters; $1 m. for veterans; $3 m. for college & high school students’ summer jobs

NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL IN SPECIAL SESSION TODAY, JUNE 6, 2014, BECAUSE COUNCIL LOST QUORUM ON MAY 30, 2014, AND DIDN’T FINISH ITS AGENDA. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY’S AGENDA. THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED TWO OF THE THREE ITEMS. The Council temporarily tabled LEGISLATION 0102-14, which is for the Council to appropriate $5 million for […]

$5 million for 110 Navajo Reservation chapters increased to $15 million

NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL IN SPECIAL SESSION TODAY, JUNE 6, 2014, BECAUSE COUNCIL LOST QUORUM ON MAY 30, 2014, AND DIDN’T FINISH ITS AGENDA. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY’S AGENDA. THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED TWO OF THE THREE ITEMS. The Council temporarily tabled LEGISLATION 0102-14, which is for the Council appropriate $5 million for 110 […]

Navajo Council debating $5 m. or $15 m. for 110 chapters

NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL IN SPECIAL SESSION TO FINISH UP THEIR MAY 30, 2014, AGENDA. THE COUNCIL DIDN’T FINISH THEIR MAY 30, 2014, BECAUSE THEY LOST A QUORUM. THERE ARE THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION ON TODAY’S AGENDA. LEGISLATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR TOM PLATERO When the Council lost quorum, there were three amendments to LEGISLATION 0102-14, and Two […]

$1 million for Navajo veterans added to $5 million for 110 Navajo reservation chapters

NAVAJO COUNCIL NOW ON LEGISLATION 0102-14: APPROVING $5 MILLION FROM RESERVES FOR “ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES” FOR ALL 110 CHAPTERS. DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE AMENDMENT 1: ON PAGE 1, LINE 15, ADD LANGUAGE AT THE END OF “Needs” – “And an additional $1 million to be used for financial assistance for veterans.” DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE WE’LL leave up […]

Health, Education & Human Services Committee accepts update on homes for Navajo veterans

Here at Navajo Council Health, Education and Human Services Committee, which is meeting in the Navajo Council chambers in Window Rock, Ariz. The Committee continues to hear a report from the Navajo Veterans Affairs Office on the construction of 75 homes for veterans. HEHS COMMITTEE MEMBER DELEGATE PHELPS I support HEHS Committee member Witherspoon’s recommendation […]

Home Depot and homes for Navajo veterans

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL’S HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE NAVAJO COUNCIL CHAMBER IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ, WHERE COMMITTEE IS HEARING A REPORT FROM THE NAVAJO VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE ON THE STATUS OF ITS CONSTRUCTION OF 75 HOMES FOR NAVAJO VETERANS. HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBER DELEGATE KENNETH MARYBOY a […]

Navajo Council loses quorum at 5:39 p.m.

U.S. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITAL PRESENTED A VERBAL REPORT TO THE NAVAJO COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL DELEGATES ARE NOW COMMENTING ON AND ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IHS REPORT. IHS FACILITES PROGRAM DIRECTOR JENNY NOTAH Delegate Edmund Yazzie’s legislation for federal funding for construction of a new Gallup hospital does not “leap frog” over the proposed […]

Prez Shelly says he’ll veto proposed Rangeland Improvement Act

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 […]

Navajo Council standing committee info

The Navajo Council’s Health, Education and Human Services Committee is scheduled to meet today, April 16, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Navajo Council chambers north conference room in Window Rock, Ariz. The Council’s top committee, the Naabik’iyati Committee, is scheduled to meet on Thursday, April 17, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Council chambers. […]

Home for veterans on the Navajo Reservation

  Here at Navajo Council Budget and Finance Committee meeting, where the first order of business – after invocation by B&F member Delegate Nelson BeGaye, recognition of guests and announcements – was for the Committee to delete the two reports from President Ben Shelly regarding the Decentralization of the Navajo government and Feral Horses Roundups. […]