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Navajo president’s re-election bid contested
A Navajo presidential hopeful has filed an expected challenge to tribal President Joe Shirley's bid for a third consecutive term and contends he's breaking the law on term limits.
Losing the wisest generation
Nobody who knew Helen Wiki Jackson would have described her as a passive person. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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.
Navajo politics turn sour over move to cut council
FLAGSTAFF - An ongoing political battle pitting the president of the vast Navajo Nation against the majority of the tribal council has left ordinary Navajos concerned that the politicians have become too engrossed in petty fights to do the work they were elected to do.
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.
State GOP says Sierra Club not welcome on tribal lands
The Hopi and Navajo nations have become central figures in a spat between two quarrelling political groups, the Sierra Club and Arizona Republican Party. Conflicting reports from the political organizations painted the picture in different ways. A Republican news release claimed that the Sierra Club was asked to leave the tribal nations, while the Sierra Club maintained that they are continuing[...]
Navajo lawmakers approve green jobs commission
WINDOW ROCK - Navajo Nation lawmakers have voted to create a commission to support green jobs on the reservation where half of the work force is unemployed.
Go-ahead for Navajo ballot initiatives challenged
The Navajo Election Administration is challenging a ruling that allows two ballot initiatives to go before voters within six months.
Navajos to decide on first-ever ballot initiatives
FLAGSTAFF - Navajo voters have never had much of a say in how their modern government was shaped. But that could soon change, after a tribal judge cleared the way for a special election on a restructuring that could change the balance of power on the sprawling reservation.
State senator from Window Rock getting married
Sen. Albert Hale, a Window Rock Democrat and former president of the Navajo Nation, is getting married on June 27. Hale will marry Dr. Paula Curley, the state advocacy and policy manager for Save the Children-Western Region.
