Press Releases Archive

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Year 2019

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May 2019

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• 06/14/19 -Council Delegates Applaud Introduction of BADGES Act in the US Senate, Bill Will Enhance Resources Addressing Missing, Murdered Indigenous Persons

• 06/12/19 -Speaker Damon thanks Light Up Navajo participants for their support at national conference

• 06/11/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 06/13/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 06/10/19 -HEHSC Clarifies Intoxicant Use Consumption, Possession Prohibition for Navajo Nation Employees While on Official Travel

• 06/10/19 -Chapters Receive Full Funding from NM Tribal Infrastructure Fund Board with Council Support

• 06/07/19 -Council Expresses Support for Diné Filling Late Senator Dr. Pinto’s Seat

• 06/07/19 -Council Expresses Appreciation for Light Up Navajo Volunteers

• 06/07/19 -Naabik’íyáti’ Expresses Opposition to Measure Permitting Roadbuilding and Logging within Former Bears Ears Boundary

• 06/07/19 -Proposed Agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee Orientation Work Session on 06/20/2019 at 9:00am (Council Chambers)

• 06/07/19 -Proposed Agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee Work Session on 06/14/2019 at 2:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 06/07/19 -Announcement memo for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee Work Session on 06/14/2017 at 2:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 06/06/19 -Joint Committee Work Session Takes Place to Hear Challenges and Successes of Farmington-area Substance Abuse Program

• 06/05/19 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 06/05/2019 at 2:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 06/04/19 -Complete Count Commission conducts first meeting, leadership selected

• 06/03/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 06/05/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 06/03/19 -Navajo Nation mourns the passing of Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown

• 06/03/19 -Budget and Finance Committee approves FY 2020 General Fund allocations as recommended by Branch leaders

• 06/03/19 -Delegate Henio host U.S. Census Director to experience first-hand the barriers of counting on Navajo

• 05/31/19 -Naa'bik'iyati' Committee advances funding for chapter stipends and summer youth employment, Veterans Direct Services resolution passes

• 05/31/19 -Naa'bik'iyati' Committee moves forward legislation for pilot industrial hemp project with strict testing, regulations

• 05/31/19 -Navajo Nation Accepts Original Copy of Treaty of 1868

• 05/30/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 06/05/2019 at 2:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 05/28/19 -Navajo Census 2020 Complete Count Commission starts strategizing to ensure every Navajo citizen is counted

• 05/28/19 -24th Navajo Nation Council Memorial Day Tribute

• 05/24/19 -Governor Lujan Grisham, Navajo Nation issue statements on the passing of Senator John Pinto

• 05/23/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 5/28/2019 at 4:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 05/23/19 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 5/23/2019 at 2:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 05/22/19 -Budget and Finance Committee releases Highway Safety monies, amends Fund Plan for Twin Arrows Public Safety Building

• 05/22/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 05/23/2019 at 2:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 05/21/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 05/23/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 05/20/19 -Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begay laid to rest

• 05/17/19 -Council Speaker Damon Shares Navajo Nation's Priorities with N.M. Governor at Tribal Summit

• 05/16/19 -Health, Education and Human Services Committee seeking applicants for Graduate Student Representative on the Commission on Navajo Government Development

• 05/15/19 -Navajo Nation Council Commends Navajo Utah Water Settlement’s Advancement

• 05/15/19 -Plan of Operation in Place for Program Training Healing Practitioners

• 05/14/19 -Agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work session on 05/16/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 05/13/19 -Naa'bik'iyati' Committee advances appointment, defers Census legislation for refinement

• 05/09/19 -Navajo Utah Delegates Meet with Utah Tribal Leaders

• 05/09/19 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 05/09/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 05/08/19 -Navajo Nation leadership hosts HHS leadership

• 05/07/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 05/09/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 05/07/19 -Navajo Nation Council Mourns Passing of Former Delegate Emmett Bia, Sr.

• 05/06/19 -Naat'aji Nahat'a Hane': Legislative Branch News - 2019 Navajo Nation Council Spring Session

• 05/06/19 -Navajo Nation Council Commends President’s May 5th MMIW Proclamation, Calls on White House and Congress to Reauthorize VAWA and Fully Fund Trust Obligations

• 05/03/19 -Navajo Nation to Hold Missing and Murdered Diné Relative Forum

April 2019

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• 04/30/19 -Speaker Damon Advocates for Traditional Values to Guide Sustainable Governance, Existence at Symposium

• 04/30/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 05/04/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 04/24/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 04/25/2019 at 10:00am (Naatsis’áán Community School Naatsis’áán, Navajo Mountain)

• 04/16/19 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Spring Session on 04/15/2019 - 4/19/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 04/16/19 -Speaker Seth Damon's report to the 2019 Navajo Nation Council Spring Session on 04/15/2019

• 04/12/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Spring Session on 04/15/2019 - 4/19/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 04/10/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 04/11/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

March 2019

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• 03/28/19 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 03/28/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 03/26/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 03/28/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 03/20/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 03/21/2019 at 10:00am (Department of Dine' Education (DODE) Auditorium)

• 03/19/19 -Agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work session on 03/23/2019 at 9:00am (Dine' Conference Center - Bingo Hall, Twin Arrows Navajo Casino and Resort, Twin Arrows, AZ)

• 03/18/19 -Office of the Speaker announces new Capital Projects hire

• 03/12/19 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 03/14/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 03/14/19 -Naa'bik'iyati' Committee conducts town halls on NGS, NTEC

• 03/12/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 03/14/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 03/12/19 -Council Secures State Funding for Shiprock Judicial/Public Safety Facility

• 03/12/19 -Navajo Nation Council Welcomes New Deputy Cabinet Secretary

• 03/12/19 -JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Navajo Nation announces new class of Navy ships

• 03/05/19 -Council stands by emergency relief for chapters

• 03/01/19 -Statement on Navajo Generating Station Negotiations

• 03/01/19 -Council Stands Behind Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women State Bills

• 03/01/19 -Navajo Nation Council Appropriates Chapter Relief Funding After Emergency Management Updates

February 2019

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• 02/26/19 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Naabik'iyati Committee Regular meeting on 02/28/2019 at 10:00am Council Chambers

• 02/26/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Naabik'iyati Committee Regular meeting on 02/28/2019 at 10:00am Council Chambers

• 02/26/19 -Law and Order Committee Selects Delegates Charles-Newton and Otto Tso as Leadership

• 02/26/19 -Tsos Rise to Leadership of Health, Education and Human Services Committee

• 02/25/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 02/26/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 02/20/19 -Delegates Jamie Henio and Raymond Smith, Jr. selected as leadership for Budget and Finance Committee

• 02/19/19 Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Naabik'iyati Committee meeting on 02/21/2019 at 1:00pm Council Chambers (CANCELLED)

• 02/19/19 -Council to conduct town halls regarding potential acquisition of Navajo Generating Station by Navajo Transitional Energy Company

• 02/15/19 -Dennehotso Chapter celebrates opening of convenience store

• 02/14/19 -With Delegates' leadership, three branches advocate for new Shiprock Judicial/Public Safety facility

• 02/13/19 -Navajo Department of Aging and Long Term Care Services receives new vans

• 02/12/19 -Navajo Nation Council confirms new standing committee membership

• 02/7/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 02/11/2019 at 10:00am Council Chambers

• 02/7/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Naabik'iyati Committee meeting on 02/11/2019 at 7:00am Council Chambers

• 02/07/19 -JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Navajo Nation seeks bi-partisan support for the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act

• 02/06/19 -Navajo Nation Council delegates continue to fight on behalf of missing and murdered indigenous women

• 02/06/19 -Support letter from Speaker Seth Damon to Utah State Legislature on behalf of missing and murdered indigenous women

• 02/06/19 -Navajo Nation leadership advocates for Navajo priorities at Utah American Indian Caucus Day

• 02/04/19 -JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Navajo Nation demands fair distribution of Impact Aid funding for Navajo students

January 2019

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• 01/28/19 -Delegate Seth Damon selected as Speaker for the 24th Navajo Nation Council

• 01/28/19 -Speaker Pro Tem’s Report 2019 Winter Navajo Nation Council Session Honorable Seth Damon

• 01/25/19 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Winter Session on 01/28/2019 - 02/01/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/24/19 -Council congratulate Kara Bobroff on appointment to the New Mexico Public Education Department

• 01/24/19 -Navajo Nation Council members meet with New Mexico Governor

• 01/23/19 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 01/24/2019 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/22/19 -Council congratulates Lynn Trujillo, newly appointed Cabinet Secretary Designee for New Mexico Indian Affairs Department

• 01/18/19 -New Mexico council delegates hold regional planning meeting to prepare for 2019 New Mexico legislative session

• 01/16/19 -24th Navajo Nation Council takes office and elects Council Delegate Seth Damon as Speaker Pro Tem

• 01/13/19 -Proposed agenda for 24th Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 1/15/2019 at 3:00pm (Council Chambers)