LUKACHUKAI, Ariz. – On Thursday, September 25, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren met with Lukachukai Chapter House to listen to the chapter’s concerns and to provide solutions that will move projects forward by expending funds.
Historically, the rivers from the Buffalo Pass Gorge and Totsoh Gorge of the Lukachukai-Chuska Mountain range flowed into a large lake where the community now exists. Although the lake no longer exists, the rivers still run, and the mountains remain as a beautiful sight to see.
Paula Begay, chapter president for Lukachukai Chapter, led the meeting by providing an overview of issues that needed to be solved. These issues included a veteran’s multi-purpose building, chapter fencing, road graveling of Navajo Route 131, N132, and N134, ARPA projects, chapter lagoon, and the community cemetery.
Begay also brought up concerns of illegal trash dumping at the old Lukachukai Community School and public safety concerns regarding bootlegging and the selling of drugs.
“We’re going to fix these issues and move forward,” said Begay.
As a response, the Indian Health Service’s Environmental Health and Engineering office shared resources on who to contact regarding the illegal trash dumping and the chapter’s lagoon, so it can be addressed expeditiously.
Navajo Department of Transportation officials were also present to explain to the chapter how to get their roads on their priority project lists.
Additionally, the chapter asked the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Office how to use funds for ARPA-funded projects that were pending, especially for the chapter’s roof replacement and septic cleaning.
“We need to spend those dollars and move these projects forward,” President Buu Nygren said. “Lukachukai remains a strong community that is rebuilding itself, and with great chapter leadership, I am confident in its future.”
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