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MANY FARMS — June Marie Wauneka was determined to tell Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs about the trauma of attending a Kayenta boarding school when she was a child. Wauneka drove to Arizona in from Cedar City, Utah, and stayed with her niece, Lynette Willie, in Window Rock so they could both attend Haaland's "Road to Healing" tour at the Many Farms High School School gymnasium Sunday.  ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Evolution is happening within the Navajo Nation government. Historically, many leadership positions, including Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council have been held by men. Crystalyne Curley is changing that path. On Monday, the Navajo Nation 25th Council voted to make Curley the first woman to hold the speaker position in the […] The post Navajo Nation Council sets historic leadership with first woman speaker appeared first on Arizona Mirror.

MANY FARMS, Ariz. — The 2022-2023 season is well underway for the Many Farms High School boys basketball team. The team has struggled this year, with a 1-9 record in the 2A North standings, and 2-14 overall. The team faced Hopi at home Jan. 18. The Bruins posted an...

CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH, WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION – Yee Ha’ólníi Doo congratulates former Executive Director Ethel Branch on her appointment to the position of Navajo Nation Attorney General. Branch was appointed as Navajo Nation Attorney General by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren effective Tuesday, January 10 at 12 p.m. As Executive Director of Yee Ha’ólníi Doo, Branch [...] This post Yee Ha’ólníi Doo Congratulates Ethel Branch on her appointment as Navajo Nation Attorney General originally appeared on Sedona.Biz - The Voice of Sedona and The Verde Valley.

Navajo Nation, N.M. — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren announced the COVID-19 mask mandate has been lifted. The nation had been under the mandate for 1,007 days dating back to April 2020. The new guidance went into effect at 5 p.m. Friday. President Nygren made the announcement in coordination...

The Navajo Nation has declared a State of Emergency due to impacts of a series of winter storms. Tribal President Buu Nygren signed the declaration Thursday, triggering the deployment of Division of Transportation resources to Defiance Plateau communities in immediate need of assistance. The declaration covers current and potential impacts from heavy snow, high winds, mud and flooding events.

The Navajo Division of Public Safety is searching for a 40-year-old missing Chinle woman. Joann Joe was last seen leaving her residence on Dec. 24, 2022 and said she was traveling to Lukachukai for a ceremony. Joe is known to walk or hitchhike when traveling. She’s been entered into the...

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will be in Phoenix and on the Navajo Nation this weekend on the latest stop of “The Road to Healing Tour.” It’s a year-long cross-country initiative to give Indigenous survivors and descendants of the federal Indian boarding school system an opportunity to tell their stories.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — For decades, the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP) has plagued communities like the Navajo Nation. Yet change could be on the way, starting with a special unit under a newly sworn-in administration. "I really want to make sure that we're helping our...

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren was inaugurated on Tuesday, Jan. 10. At 36, Nygren is the youngest person ever elected President of the Navajo Nation. He joined Native News Online on last week’s Native Bidaské (Spotlight). He was interviewed by Levi Rickert, editor of Native News Online. Nygren,...

WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. – Over the span of two days, the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee of the 24th Navajo Nation Council held a Special Meeting to pass 21 legislations, with 18 legislations moving forward to the Navajo Nation Council. Due to time constraints during the Special Meeting, Legislation No. 0240-22 and Legislation No. 0251-22 timed out but have the opportunity to move onto the next Special Session.

The 25th Navajo Nation Council has made history Monday, electing Council Delegate Crystalyne Curley as the first female speaker, a post she will hold for the next two years. Curley, a former Miss Navajo, is serving her first term as a council delegate after winning against incumbent Kee Allen Begay, a victory affirmed after he challenged the November results and sought a recount. She is the first woman to represent communities Tselani/Cottonwood, Nazlini, Blue...

WINDOW ROCK, Navajo Nation — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren committed to signing a declaration of a state of emergency for the Navajo Nation due to severe winter snow storms.

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The Navajo Police Department is searching for an 80-year-old man missing from the town of Round Rock on the Arizona portion of the reservation. Officials say Winston Shirley Sr. called his wife early Tuesday morning and said he was lost. He’s driving an orange 2019 Chevrolet Colorado truck with Arizona...

NAVAJO NATION — The Navajo Nation Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Wilson Shirley Sr., an 80-year-old male, who is 5’8 inches tall, weighing 180 lbs. with brown eyes and grey hair. Family last heard from him at 4:15 a.m., Jan. 10. Shirley was...

SHIPROCK, N.M. (KRQE) – A Shiprock woman will spend nearly six years in prison for stabbing a Navajo Police officer in the leg. Police responded to a fight at Faith Sullivan’s home in June. Federal prosecutors say she pulled a knife and swung it at an officer. The officer tackled her but got stabbed in the […]

For the first time in years, Navajo Mountain High Jaguars are fielding a boys basketball team. The return of the team represents an exciting development for the rural San Juan County community. Navajo Mountain High Athletic Director Chelsea Graymountain is coaching the team of nine boys as they play a...

On his last day in office, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez vetoed a resolution that would have approved operating lease agreements between the Navajo Nation and Navajo Oil and Gas to explore for helium near two communities.  Nez informed the council of his decision Monday in a memo. The Navajo Nation Council approved the...

PHOENIX – A man from Chinle, Ariz. was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for murder and arson. According to the FBI report, on April 17, 2020, Alberto Toddy brutally assaulted two victims with a baseball bat inside one of the victim’s homes. Toddy, 35, then intentionally set fire to the home, resulting in the death of one of the victims who had been rendered unconscious by the assault. The offense occurred in Chinle, on the Navajo Nation, where both the victims and Toddy are enrolled members.