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Ex-Navajo President Zah guided by love for people, family
Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings against Native Americans, has died.
Tribal businessman upsets former Navajo president in race
Russell Begaye easily beat a former two-term Navajo Nation president for the top post on the country's largest American Indian reservation, ending a tumultuous election season that was extended by nearly five months amid a heated court fight over a candidate's ability to speak fluent Navajo.
Candidates set for Navajo presidential contest
A ruling Wednesday by the Navajo Nation Supreme Court clears the way for election officials to set a date for the presidential contest.
Navajo high court weighs case on language fluency
The decision about whether Navajo Nation presidential candidate Chris Deschene speaks Navajo fluently enough to be on the ballot is headed back to a lower tribal court after a Navajo Nation Supreme court ruling Friday.
Hale hires attorney for legal challenge to new Senate appointee
An attorney for Rep. Albert Hale is preparing a legal challenge to the newest appointee to the Arizona Senate, who is scheduled to be sworn into office Tuesday morning.
Navajo closer than ever to electing woman leader
No woman has served as Navajo president, although the matriarchal society has strong reverence for women as caretakers and heirs to everything from home site leases to sheep. When introducing themselves, Navajos start with their mother's clan name.
Navajos vote to reduce size of Tribal Council
FLAGSTAFF - Navajos voted Dec. 15 to drastically reduce the size of the Tribal Council and give their president a line-item veto in the first ballot initiatives ever brought before tribal members on the nation's largest Indian reservation.
Probe of Navajo president moves ahead with AG’s OK
WINDOW ROCK - An investigation into whether the leader of the country's largest American Indian reservation and others broke any laws in connection with two companies that operated on the Navajo Nation is moving forward.
Navajo lawmakers place tribal president on leave
The Navajo Nation Council on Oct. 26 placed the tribe's president on administrative leave, pending an investigation into allegations of ethical, civil or criminal involvement with two companies that operated on the reservation.
Navajo president recovering from appendectomy
WINDOW ROCKA�-A�Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. is recovering at his home after undergoing an emergency operation to have his appendix removed. Shirley’s spokesman George Hardeen says his boss was released... […]
