KAYENTA, AZ – He found his mission and purpose as a photographer one day as he pulled off the road in Page, Arizona, and came a across his first snapshot of Page – a three year old stray dog – one of hundreds, perhaps thousands, among the displaced dog population on Navajo lands.  This year, [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Unofficial primary results from the 2010 Navajo Nation Primary Election indicates that 48 Council delegate candidates, 34 incumbents and 14 political newcomers, have advanced to the 2010 Navajo Nation General Election on Nov. 2 for a seat in the 22nd Navajo Nation Council.
 
On May 28, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court ruled [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan sends his appreciation to Navajo voters who participated in the 2010 Navajo Nation Primary Election and offers his congratulations to presidential candidates Lynda Lovejoy and current Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly, and the 48 Council delegate candidates who advanced to the general election on Nov. 2. 
Lynda [...]

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KAYENTA, AZ – There was a lot of confidence as eight of the Navajo Nation Presidential candidates honed down their debate skills after weeks of hardcore campaigning on the trail.  Sunday night at the Monument Valley High School Student activity center, seven Presidential Candidates got straight to business at 5:30 pm, as two facilitators, Former Town Manager Jarvis Williams and Kayenta Township [...]

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KAYENTA, AZ – The Navajo Nation Presidential Candidates will be presenting their final perspectives before voters head to the primary poll elections on August 03, 2010 at their respective Chapters and other designated voting sites throughout the Navajo reservation.  The Kayenta Presidential Forum and Debate will be held at the Kayenta Recreation Center beginning at [...]

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KAYENTA, AZ – A Navajo Educator, poet, actor, author, Navajo Nation Council Member, current Chairperson of the Navajo Nation Public Safety Committee, and Navajo Nation Presidential Candidate Rex Lee Jim of Rock Point, Arizona will be at the Kayenta Town Hall on Sunday, July 25 at 6:00 pm to give a platform speech.  The candidate [...]

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Making history as an incumbent who is also the only reform-minded candidate
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., today filed his application to seek a third term as president of the Navajo Nation.
He received a clearance letter from the Navajo Nation Office of Ethics and Rules which allowed him to submit his [...]

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President making mockery of tribal laws
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. ignored Navajo Nation law today by filing for a third consecutive term as president. A recent legal opinion from the Chief Legislative Counsel reaffirmed the two term limit of the Navajo Nation President set forth at 2 N.N.C. 1002 (C).
The [...]

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Time for a Change
For the last 25 years, the Navajo Nation has been like a ship without rudders, floating aimlessly without a plan or a goal. Like a ship without a captain where its only movement is by the political currents every four years. In Dineh analogy, it is like a herd of sheep without [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., plans to file to run for a third term as president at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Navajo Election Administration office here.
 
Immediately afterward outside the NEA building, he will announce his candidacy, make a statement to the press, and answer questions.
 
If elected by Navajo voters, [...]

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