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Disqualified candidate in Navajo race files another appeal
A former Navajo Nation candidate for president says the order disqualifying him from the race over his lack of fluency should be thrown out after it was discovered that the hearing officer who issued it also did not qualify for his job.
Navajo chief hearing officer removed from post
The Navajo Nation's chief hearing officer who disqualified a presidential candidate who failed to show he could speak fluent Navajo was fired Tuesday for not having a state bar license.
Ruling against Navajo presidential candidate over language fluency
A candidate for president on the nation's largest Indian reservation could be removed from the ballot just weeks before the general election after he refused to show whether he is fluent in Navajo as required by tribal law. In a hearing that underlined the importance of the language to the Navajo Nation, an administrative court officer said he had no choice but to rule against Chris Deschene.
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.
