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Year 2020

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JULY 2020

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• 07/10/2020 -Resources and Development Committee continues discussion of drought and feral horse responses on Navajo Nation

• 07/09/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 07/09/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 07/08/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 07/09/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 07/06/2020 -Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez line-item vetoes $73 million in coronavirus relief expenditures

• 07/01/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 07/01/2020 at 2:00pm (Via Telecommunications)

JUNE 2020

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• 06/30/2020 -Navajo Nation on motion to dismiss Yazzie-Martinez case: "New Mexico must do right by our children"

• 06/29/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 07/01/2020 at 2:00pm (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/29/2020 -Delegate Kee Allen Begay Jr., NTUA, Low Mountain Chapter celebrate cell on wheels unit going on air

• 06/29/2020 -Navajo Epidemiology Center delivers COVID-19 situational report to Health, Education, and Human Services Committee

• 06/29/2020 -Navajo Nation receives total $714,189,631.47 in federal CARES Act funding

• 06/29/2020 -Health, Education, and Human Services Committee continues addressing family and domestic violence shelter payment issues

• 06/25/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 06/25/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/25/2020 -Council approves coronavirus $93 million immediate expenditure response package

• 06/25/2020 -Delegates receive Department of Agriculture updates on Navajo Nation horse programs

• 06/24/2020 -Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay, Jr. extends appreciation to Choice NTUA Wireless for Low Mountain cellular service set to go live Friday, June 26, 2020

• 06/24/2020 -Navajo Nation Council approves $41 million hazard pay, PPE, facility safety immediate expenditures

• 06/24/2020 -Speaker Seth Damon signs Navajo Nation Dine' Pride Week Proclamation to recognize equality progress

• 06/23/2020 -Navajo Nation Council grieves fallen Navajo Nation Police Officer Michael Lee

• 06/23/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 06/25/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications) (REVISED 06/23/2020)

• 06/23/2020 -Naa'bik'iyati' Committee receives Division of Community Development CARES Act report at work session

• 06/23/2020 -Kin Dah Lichii community served with sixth regional food distribution with St. Mary's, Council Delegate Vince James' help

• 06/23/2020 -Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty urges Navajo Nation to observe Elder Abuse Awareness Day in June

• 06/23/2020 -Health, Education and Human Services Committee receives DSS domestic violence shelter, burial assistance reports

• 06/19/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 06/19/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/18/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 06/18/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/18/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 06/19/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/16/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 06/18/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/11/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 06/11/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/10/2020 -Navajo Nation 2020 Census to restart field operations Thursday, June 11, 2020

• 06/10/2020 -Budget and Finance Committee issues two amendments to Legislation No. 0116-20 before advancing

• 06/09/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 06/11/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 06/08/2020 -Fair and rodeo cancellation legislation advanced with Resources and Development Committee approval

• 06/08/2020 -Resources and Development Committee authorizes tribal access regulations without BIA approval for Navajo enterprises

• 06/05/2020 -Navajo Nation Council expresses gratitude and support for Navajo-Utah Water Rights Settlement Act passed by US Senate

MAY 2020

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• 05/31/2020 -Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act veto issued by President Jonathan Nez

• 05/29/2020 -Delegate Crotty advocates for Missing and Murdered Dine' Relatives during White House Task Force listening session

• 05/29/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 05/29/2020 at 9:00am (Council Chambers)

• 05/28/2020 -Council Delegate Pernell Halona honors Tohatchi Heath Care Center front line workers

• 05/28/2020 -Navajo Nation Council urges President Nez to sign Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act into law

• 05/27/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 05/29/2020 at 9:00am (Council Chambers)

• 05/27/2020 -Navajo Nation clean water infrastructure needs exceed $700 million

• 05/25/2020 -Remembering all who lost their life in service to our country and the Navajo People

• 05/22/2020 -Navajo Nation Council receives DOJ and Legislative Counsel guidance on allowable coronavirus relief funding costs

• 05/20/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work sessions on 05/22/2020 at 9:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 05/20/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work sessions on 05/21/2020 at 9:00am - 1:00pm (Via Telecommunications)

• 05/20/2020 -Navajo Nation Council Delegates urge President Nez to support supplemental appropriation to Navajo public safety

• 05/19/2020 - Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act approved by Navajo Nation Council

• 05/15/2020 -Navajo Nation Council addresses presidential veto abuse with overrides creating protections for Navajo people

• 05/15/2020 -Law and Order, Budget and Finance, Naabik’íyáti’ Committees approve of proposed Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act

• 05/15/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 05/15/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 05/14/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 05/14/2020 at 1:00pm (Via Telecommunications)

• 05/13/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 05/15/2020 at 10:00am (Via Telecommunications)

• 05/12/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 05/14/2020 at 1:00pm (Via Telecommunications)

• 05/11/2020 -White House, Council host update discussion with Chapters

• 05/10/2020 -Office of the Speaker issues 9 statements to inaccuracies in press release

• 05/10/2020 -IHS medical facilities receive face shields from Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi's company General Public

• 05/10/2020 -Happy Mother's Day from the Navajo Nation Council

• 05/08/2020 -Navajo Nation Police Officers Day recognized, honored by Law and Order Committee

• 05/08/2020 -Navajo Nation CARES Fund Act legislation introduced

• 05/07/2020 -City of Gallup lockdown extended to evening, May 8, 2020

• 05/06/2020 -Navajo Controller confirms $600 million received by Navajo Nation

• 05/05/2020 -Navajo Nation to receive $600 million in Coronavirus Relief Funding

• 05/05/2020 -Navajo Nation recognizes May 5 as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

• 05/05/2020 - Navajo Nation set to receive support from first round of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funding

• 05/01/2020 -City of Gallup lockdown extended to noon, May 7, 2020

• 05/01/2020 -City of Gallup begins three-day lockdown at noon, May 1, 2020

• 05/01/2020 -Navajo Nation Council express condolences on passing of sisters who served in nation’s public safety, health fields

April 2020

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• 04/30/2020 -Special Session canceled, Legislative Branch to undergo deep cleaning

• 04/30/2020 -24-member Naa'bik'iyati' Committee advances 3 override legislation to full Council

• 04/30/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 04/30/2020 at 9:00am (via telecommunications)

• 04/29/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 05/01/2020 at 10:00am (via telecommunications)

• 04/29/2020 -Domestic violence shelters report sharp rise in Navajo-based crisis calls, detail unpaid Social Services contracts

• 04/28/2020 -Council, Census Bureau urge Navajo public to apply for 2020 Census work

• 04/28/2020 -Navajo Nation congratulates Tyler Fish on re-established White House Council on Native American Affairs appointment

• 04/28/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 04/30/2020 at 9:00am (via telecommunications)

• 04/28/2020 -Days for Girls Foundation and Kwek Society provide mask and feminine care donations to the Navajo Nation

• 04/28/2020 -Navajo Nation applauds district court decision on Alaska Native Corporation CARES Act funding

• 04/25/2020 -Dr. Guy Gorman, Sr. Care Home closure averted with Council; program coordination

• 04/23/2020 -Mental health, domestic violence services advocacy by Delegate Crotty continues during pandemic

• 04/20/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Spring Session on 04/20/2020 - 04/24/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/20/2020 -Navajo Nation Council to continue holding 2020 Spring Session

• 04/18/2020 -Navajo Nation Council votes to cancel 2020 Spring Session

• 04/18/2020 -Speaker Damon issues open letter to Navajo Nation spiritual leaders

• 04/17/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 04/17/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/17/2020 -April 17, 2020 Special Session to include action on burial assistance, public safety, donations

• 04/16/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Spring Session on 04/20/2020 - 04/24/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/16/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 04/16/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/15/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 04/17/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/15/2020 -St. Mary’s partnership brings food distributions back to Tónaaneesdizí

• 04/14/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 04/16/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/10/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 04/10/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/09/2020 -Third Special Session to be held Friday, April 10, 2020

• 04/09/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 04/10/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers and via telecommunications)

• 04/08/2020 -Navajo Nation applauds Page Police Department for arrest in threatening social media post incident

• 04/03/2020 -Navajo Nation secures $22 million in Department of Housing and Urban Development COVID-19 relief funding

• 04/02/2020 -Navajo Nation Council, University of Arizona partnership sends 250 COVID-19 test kits to Navajo health care facilities

March 2020

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• 03/31/2020 -Naat’áanii Development Corp.–Molina partnership to remain long-term project of Navajo Nation Council

• 03/31/2020 -Speaker Damon extends gratitude to nation’s doctors on National Doctors’ Day, remembers VP, Dr. Taylor McKenzie

• 03/30/2020 -Navajo Nation Council airs extensive radio awareness campaign for COVID-19 prevention

• 03/27/2020 -Council commends President Nez for signing Chapter quorum legislation, urges action on Chapter emergency funding

• 03/26/2020 -Standing committee, subcommittee, commission meetings canceled until April 5

• 03/26/2020 -Navajo Nation commends inclusion of $8 billion Tribal relief funding in COVID-19 stimulus bill

• 03/21/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 03/24/2020 at 10:00am (Department of Dine' Education Auditorium - Teleconference Meeting) (CANCELED)

• 03/20/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 03/20/2020 at 10:00am (Department of Dine' Education Auditorium - Teleconference Meeting)

• 03/20/2020 -Navajo Nation Council, President approve $4 million Navajo Department of Health OVID-19 emergency funding

• 03/19/2020 -Navajo Nation Council assures students, returning relatives that borders are not closed

• 03/18/2020 -Legislative Branch to close, Council to continue addressing COVID-19 legislation

• 03/18/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Special Session on 03/20/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers - Teleconference Meeting)

• 03/18/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 03/18/2020 at 1:00pm (Office of the Speaker Conference Room - Teleconference Meeting)

• 03/17/2020 -Navajo Nation Council plans second special session for Friday, 03/20/2020

• 03/17/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 03/18/2020 at 1:00pm (Department of Dine' Education Auditorium) (REVISED 03/17/2020)

• 03/17/2020 -Navajo Nation Council rejects $3 million appropriation on Department of Emergency Management deficiencies

• 03/16/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 03/16/2020 at 10:00am (Department of Dine' Education Auditorium)

• 03/15/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council special session on 03/16/2020 at 10:00am (Department of Dine' Education Auditorium)

• 03/14/2020 -Navajo Nation Council to hold Special Session Monday, Mar. 16, 2020

• 03/14/2020 -Uranium public hearings postponed

• 03/12/2020 -Notice of postponement of Naa'bik'iyati' Committee public hearings on uranium on 03/13/2020 in Chinle, AZ and 03/14/2020 in Tuba City, AZ

• 03/12/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on March 12, 2020 at 10:00 AM (Council Chambers)

• 03/11/2020 -Speaker Damon, Chairman Tso request Surgeon General maintain presence of medical officers on Navajo Nation

• 03/11/2020 -24th Navajo Nation Council listens to Northern and Eastern Navajo Agency residents on uranium issues

• 03/10/2020 -State Task Force continues push for Navajo budget priorities at Arizona State Capitol

• 03/10/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on March 12, 2020 at 10:00 AM (Council Chambers) (REVISED 03/10/2020)

• 03/04/2020 -Proposed NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING Navajo Technical University Wellness Center, Shiprock, NM on Friday, March 6, 2020 at 9:00 AM

• 03/03/2020 -Proposed NAABIK’ÍYÁTI’ COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING Diné College – South Campus Lecture Hall Shiprock, NM Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 9:00 AM (REVISED 03/04/2020)

• 03/01/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work sessions on 03/02/2020 at 8:30am - 12:00pm (Council Chambers)

February 2020

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• 02/28/2020 -Memorandum announcing upcoming Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work sessions on 03/02/2020 and 03/16/2020

• 02/27/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 02/27/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 02/27/2020 -Resources and Development Committee meets at Lake Valley Chapter

• 02/26/2020 -Navajo Nation Council to hold uranium public hearings March 5, 6, 13, 14 (REVISED 02/26/2020)

• 02/25/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 02/27/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 02/24/2020 -Agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work session on 02/25/2020 at 9:00am (Council Chambers)

• 02/24/2020 -Delegate Crotty, MMDR working group continue to lead advocacy for Navajo families at New Mexico MMIW Task Force meeting

• 02/24/2020 -Naa'bik'iyati' Committee convenes for judicial complex work session

• 02/24/2020 -Speaker Damon, 24th Navajo Nation Council commend passage of New Mexico Senate Bill 99

• 02/21/2020 -Navajo leaders sign proclamation encouraging public participation in the 2020 Census

• 02/20/2020 -Law and Order Committee on Capitol Hill lobbying for public safety and judicial

• 02/13/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 02/13/2020 at 1:00pm (Council Chambers)

• 02/13/2020 -Navajo Nation welcomes new Ethics and Rules Director Kandis Martine

• 02/13/2020 -State Task Force meets with N.M. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham at the Roundhouse

• 02/11/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee special meeting on 02/13/2020 at 1:00pm (Council Chambers) (REVISED 02/12/2020)

• 02/07/2020 -24th Navajo Nation Council attend opening day of Utah Legislature

• 02/07/2020 -Delegate Crotty moves Missing and Murdered Dine' Relatives projects forward, announces awareness action campaign

• 02/07/2020 -Speaker Damon, Vice-President Lizer, Law and Order Committee Chair Charles-Newton show support for Navajo, tribal bills at Arizona Legislature

• 02/07/2020 -Resources and Development Committee receives report on Northern Navajo Fair, disabled Navajos

• 02/06/2020 -Council delegates Mark Freeland and Pernell Halona advocate for chapter projects at New Mexico Roundhouse

• 02/03/2020 -Speaker Damon, 24th Navajo Nation Council coordinate 480 tons of Navajo Mine coal deliveries to Navajo Chapters

January 2020

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• 01/31/2020 -Agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work session on 02/10/2020 at 9:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/31/2020 -24th Navajo Nation Council salutes the life and service of Navajo Code Talker Joe Vandever Sr.

• 01/29/2020 -Council confirms Ernestine Tsinigine as Navajo Nation Supreme Court Associate Justice

• 01/27/2020 -Speaker Seth Damon's Report to the 2020 Navajo Nation Council Winter Session on 01/27/2020

• 01/27/2020 -Approved agenda for Navajo Nation Council Winter Session on 01/27/2020 - 01/31/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/27/2020 -24th Navajo Nation Council observes the passing of Sophie Yazzie at 105

• 01/23/2020 -Proposed agenda for Navajo Nation Council Winter Session on 01/27/2020 - 01/31/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/23/2020 -Approved agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 01/23/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/21/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 01/23/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/21/2020 -24th Navajo Nation Council honors the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• 01/21/2020 -24th Navajo Nation Council mourn the passing of Walter Wolf, Jr.

• 01/14/2020 -Speaker Damon, 24th Navajo Nation Council mourn passing of former Council Delegates John Perry, Jr. and James Tomchee

• 01/13/2020 -Resources and Development Committee Delegates Kee Allen Begay, Jr. and Mark Freeland meet with US EPA Administrators in Washington

• 01/12/2020 -Speaker Damon, RDC call for greater inclusion of Navajo communities in federal Chaco effort

• 01/12/2020 -Budget and Finance Committee take action on three legislation items for first 2020 meeting

• 01/12/2020 -Title II Reform Subcommittee selects Chairperson, Vice Chairperson during special meeting

• 01/12/2020 -Speaker Damon, 24th Navajo Nation Council mourn loss of Councilman Benjamin Hogue

• 01/08/2020 -Delegate Kee Allen Begay, Jr. opposes President Nez's line item veto of CD-49-19

• 01/07/2020 -Proposed agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee regular meeting on 01/09/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)

• 01/06/2020 -Agenda for Naa'bik'iyati' Committee work session on 01/10/2020 at 10:00am (Council Chambers)