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Richelle Montoya

Navajo Nation, president, water, tribal rights, Biden Administrationtribal, Indigenous, Buu Nygren, Jonathan Nez, general election, Washington, D.C., Diné, Navajos, New Mexico, Arizona, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Vietnamese, oil, gas, pandemic, generational trauma
Jan 10, 2023

Buu Nygren sworn in as next Navajo Nation president

Buu Nygren was sworn in Tuesday as the next president of the vast Navajo Nation, a job that will test his ability to make good on promises to deliver water, electricity and broadband to tens of thousands of residents who don't have it.

Nov 10, 2022

Buu Nygren uses familiar platform, wins Navajo presidency

Buu Nygren entered the Navajo presidential race with a platform echoed by generations of candidates: deliver basic needs on the vast reservation where most roads are unpaved and thousands of families don't have running water or electricity. 

Nez, Navajo Nation, Nygren, election
Nov 9, 2022

Buu Nygren wins Navajo Nation president, beats incumbent

Buu Nygren has ousted Jonathan Nez as president of the Navajo Nation, a position that wields influence nationally because of the size of the tribe's reservation in the U.S. Southwest and its huge population.