WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior issued the following statement today regarding the February 24, 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar, in which the Court said that land could not be taken into trust for the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island under Section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act of [...]

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“Through the Lens: Photography by Dine” is the first juried photography invitational for Navajo photographers. It is being presented by the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, AZ on Friday, August 28, 2009.
 
Photography by Dine communicates change and preservation from the Navajo photographer’s view point through a contemporary media. The invitational will be juried by [...]

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PHOENIX – Clifton Ray Francis, 28, of Dennehotso, Ariz., was sentenced on February 23, 2009 by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 87 months in federal prison. Francis pleaded guilty on November 24, 2008, to Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
In June 2008, Francis and the elderly female victim had been drinking. The victim passed out and [...]

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Voluntary Regional Air Quality Improvement Plan
 
Desert Rock will have the lowest emissions of any coal plant built in the United States. It will set a new standard for future projects.  In addition, Desert Rock will implement additional voluntary emissions reduction programs to further improve the air quality in the Four Corners area.
 
1.       Desert Rock will [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.  – Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., has asked the Navajo Nation Council and the Navajo people to support the final tribal permit for the Desert Rock Energy Project to proceed.
 
In a message to the Council and a full-page newspaper ad, the President said the legislation to approve Desert Rock builds on [...]

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KAYENTA, Arizona – The Kayenta Township Commission will be holding their monthly meeting for March on Sunday, March 01, 2009 at 3:00 pm.  The meeting will be sharply at 3:00 pm inside the Town Hall meeting room.  Refreshments available.
If you have any questions, please call the Kayenta Township at (928) 697-8451.  Or email the Malcolm Benally, [...]

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Do you have a great idea for a 5-minute short film?  Explore 16mm filmmaking through LIFT’s workshops and production equipment. Shoot and edit your ideas to film, and see your film on screen at the 10th Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which will take place in Toronto from October 14-18, 2009!
 
You will be [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Honorable Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan has announced a work session for the 21st Navajo Nation Council at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb.26, and a special session on Feb. 27, at the Navajo Nation Council Chamber to discuss issues related to the proposed Desert Rock Energy Project.
 
The work session on Feb. 26 [...]

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February 16, 2009
 On this Presidents Day, it is appropriate to remember history and to consider why America celebrates the lives of its first and 16th presidents, considered by many scholars to be the two greatest we have ever had.
 
For more than 100 years, the federal holiday we know today as Presidents Day was simply [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., will join Attorney General Louis Denetsosie and the Nation’s outside attorneys, Paul Frye and Carter Phillips, for oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in the Navajo Nation’s $600 million breach of trust case.
 
This will be the second time the 10-year-old case, Navajo [...]

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