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PHOENIX — Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley testified before the Arizona State Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Feb. 13 in support of Arizona Sen. Theresa Hatathlie’s Senate Bill 1655, which aims to strengthen regulations and penalties for operators of residential healthcare facilities who engage in fraudulent activities that have victimized tribal members from various communities.

February 20, 2024
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The sponsor of a proposal to create a trust fund that would’ve given tribes in New Mexico millions of dollars to build education programs said Feb. 14 that he is pulling the bill from the Senate, meaning it is effectively dead.

By Bella Davis and Trip Jennings, New Mexico In Depth February 20, 2024
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Around the Rez: Feb. 21

February 19, 2024
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Lester Yazzie was selected Feb. 14 as the interm Council Delegate for District 6 (Baahaali, Chilchiltah, Manuelito, Red Rock, Rock Springs, Tsayatoh), replacing former Council Delegate Seth Damon who reisnged Jan. 22 to take a position as the deputy secretary of the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department.

February 19, 2024
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation Council unanimously approved Legislation No. 0259-23, confirming appointment of Sean McCabe, C.P.A., to serve as the Controller of the Navajo Nation on Jan. 24.

February 13, 2024
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed legislation Feb. 2 to pay Navajo first responders and essential employees $3.5 million for hundreds of hours of accrued annual leave they were about to lose.

February 13, 2024
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Around the Rez: Feb. 14

February 13, 2024
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FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. — The Navajo community of Fort Defiance sits between two mountain ridges, and that’s important to know, Rep. Myron Tsosie explained to his fellow state legislators last month.

By Shondiin Silversmith, AZ Mirror February 13, 2024
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SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico legislators would create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages, under a proposal endorsed Feb. 8 by the state House.

By Morgan Lee, February 13, 2024
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NOVA-Diné, a technology solutions provider owned by the Navajo Nation, said it secured a major contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce that could amount to $1.5 billion in revenues over the next decade.

By Brian Edwards, Tribal Business News February 6, 2024
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Around the Rez: Feb. 7

February 6, 2024
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Are you passionate about conservation, advocacy, or environmental justice? If so, the Grand Canyon Trust has the perfect opportunity for you.

February 6, 2024
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed emergency legislation for $3.85 million to replenish emergency response funds in 110 Navajo communities.

February 6, 2024
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Nygren, Fowler oppose new Grand Canyon uranium mining
Pinyon Plain Mine began production south of Grand Canyon last month

GRAND CANYON — Despite the early January startup of uranium mining within the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukevi National Monument, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and Coconino County Supervisor Lena Fowler stand firm in their opposition to it.

February 6, 2024
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Coconino County Elections Department opened a new elections center in Flagstaff last week.

January 30, 2024

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