Request for Qualifications
Professional Legal Services

The Kayenta Township, a political subdivision of the Navajo Nation and recognized by IRS as 7871 Municipal Government, is soliciting RFQ’s for professional legal services. The selected professional entity or firm (entity) will deliver, provide and perform legal council for the Kayenta Township , which encompasses approximately 3,606.43 acres, more or [...]

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President’s Budget for SCAAP Fails to Reimburse Arizona For Federal Border Obligations
 
PHOENIX – President Obama continued the federal government’s failure to assume responsibility for our broken borders, proposing to give to states only a fraction of money it costs to house criminal aliens in Arizona prisons, Governor Jan Brewer said Thursday.
 
Contained within the President’s $3.8 [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Judiciary Committee of the 21st Navajo Nation Council is inviting comments from the public regarding the work performance of Navajo Chief Justice Herb Yazzie of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court.
 
The public hearing is scheduled on March 9, at 10:00 am. The location of the hearing has not been determined at [...]

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Engineers monitoring slopes between Black Canyon City, Sunset Point
 
PRESCOTT – The Arizona Department of Transportation is monitoring two slopes adjacent to southbound Interstate 17 between Sunset Point and Black Canyon City. Heavy rains over the past month have saturated the slopes and increased the potential of rocks falling onto the roadway.
 
ADOT crews and equipment are [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Government Services Committee of the 21st Navajo Nation Council met today and passed legislation accepting two Chevrolet Suburbans from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be used at the Tohatchi Chapter and a $5,000 gift award was accepted from the Spirit of Sovereignty Foundation for the Navajo Nation Boys and [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Various Navajo Nation Chapters across the Navajo Nation, particularly in the Western Agency, passed resolutions long before the 21st Navajo Nation Council passed legislation amending the use of Diné Fundamental Law according to Navajo Nation Council Delegate Leonard Chee (Birdsprings/Leupp/Tolani Lake).
 
During the 2010 winter session, the Navajo Nation Council passed the [...]

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Foundation of Diné, Diné Law and Diné Government Act of 2009 becomes law
 
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The 21st Navajo Nation Council overrode two vetoes by Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. today, making the Foundation of Diné, Diné Law and Diné Government Act of 2009 and the Office of Legislative Counsel Amendments Act [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Health and Social Services Committee of the 21st Navajo Nation Council met Feb. 22 and passed legislation regarding the renovation of three Navajo Chapter Senior Centers and heard and accepted a report from the Association of Indians for Self-Determination in Healthcare through Title V contracting.
 
Legislation No. 0657-09, sponsored by Council [...]

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Decision recognizes the power rests with the People
 
A recent decision by the newly constituted Hopi Court of Appeals shifts the balance of power away from the Hopi Tribal Council, and back to the independent Hopi and Tewa Villages that comprise the Hopi Tribe.  The unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals on February 11, 2010, [...]

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Government Services Committee of the 21st Navajo Nation Council met today during a special meeting and passed legislation to override President Joe Shirley Jr.’s vetoes on resolutions passed by the Navajo Nation Council limiting Diné Fundamental Law to the Peacemaking Court and increasing the authority of the Office of Legislative [...]

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