WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation Council concluded day four of the 2010 winter session by approving legislation to empower the Chief Legislative Counsel with more authority and purchasing land in Thoreau, N.M., for economic development.
 
Legislation No. 0010-10, sponsored by Katherine Benally (Dennehotso), was approved by a vote of 670in The Council approved [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Government Services Committee of the 21st Navajo Nation Council and the Navajo Gaming Enterprise agreed on releasing $100,000 for relief efforts for the Operation 2010 Snowfall.
 
The money issued from the Navajo Gaming Enterprise will go directly to the Navajo Nation Emergency Management based on the Navajo Nation Council’s approval [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Day three of the Navajo Nation Council’s 2010 winter session concluded with the passage of legislation creating the Community Development Financial Institution and the approval of the International Swap Dealers Association between the Navajo Nation and Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc. for performance on investment services.
 
Navajo Council Delegate Roy Dempsey (Oak [...]

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HOLBROOK, AZ – a scheduled air mission for isolated areas around the Kayenta and Black Mesa area was conducted by the National Guard yesterday delivering emergency food and water supplies to residents in the far remote areas in northern Navajo County.  These residents have been severely affected by the stormthat hit Northeastern Arizona nearly one [...]

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Window Rock, Az, January 26, 2010, 2:00 PM – The Navajo Nation Emergency Operation Center continues to coordinate the work of providing emergency assistance to people on the Navajo Nation and are affected by the recent heavy winter snowfall. Responders began addressing the needs of those persons identified as at risk or medically needy this [...]

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Shonto Gymnasium Ceiling Collapses from Snow Accumulation
SHONTO, AZ – As of Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the Shonto Preparatory School Kindergarten through Eighth Grade building is still closed while the gym ceiling that has collapsed in undergoing assessment and repairs.  Due to an announcement and call for snow shoveling laborers on Monday, the work to repair [...]

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PHOENIX– Francisco Cuadras, 27, of Parker, Ariz., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 53 months in federal prison for committing Aggravated Assault causing serious bodily injury to the victim.  The victim was his estranged wife, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes.  The defendant and the victim also have [...]

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Published January 11, 2010 12:15 am – Applications are available to award up to 20 fellowships in the Tribal Heritage Research Project, a 26-month program sponsored by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums.
“There is a growing interest on the part of American Indian Nations to research, write and present accurate portrayals of their [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., told the Navajo Nation Council that eight emergency command posts have been set up to coordinate with chapters to deal with the current weather-related state of emergency.
 
During his quarterly State of the Navajo Nation address today, President Shirley said the Navajo Nation Commission on Emergency Management [...]

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