Executive order directs Navajo Nation offices to launch the 2026 Hardship Assistance Program using unspent COVID funds, with reports, criteria, and a June 1, 2026 go-live.

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 05-2025 Lifting Stage 2 & Stage 1 Fire Restrictions for the Navajo Nation & rescinding Executive Orders No. 04-2025 & No. 03-2025 WHEREAS: The President of the Navajo Nation serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Executive Branch...

Due to extreme fire danger, President Nygren and BIA Director Shirley issued Stage 1 restrictions on the Navajo Nation. Fireworks, open fires, and unpermitted firearm use are banned. Only propane stoves and registered ceremonial burns are allowed. Stay safe.

President Nygren mandates all relevant Navajo Nation divisions to implement Nihí K’é Dóó Béédahoozinígíí Náalkaa Bikégó Naaltsoos, ensuring a coordinated, trauma-informed approach to missing persons cases. The order emphasizes interagency collaboration and victim-centered care.

Navajo Nation lifts Stage 1 Fire Restrictions as of August 28, 2024, rescinding Executive Order No. 04-2024, citing improved weather conditions. Public urged to register burns for ceremonial or agricultural purposes with Navajo Nation EPA; campground fires exempt.

WHEREAS: The President of the Navajo Nation serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Executive Branch of the Navajo Nation government. 2 N.N.C. § 1005(A); The President shall have the power to issue an executive order for the purpose of interpreting, implementing...

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 04-2024 STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE NAVAJO NATION WHEREAS: The President of the Navajo Nation serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the ExecutiveBranch of the Navajo Nation government with the full authority to conduct, supervise,and...

Executive Order 03-2024 by President Nygren mandates that all schools serving Navajo students permit the wearing of Native regalia at graduation. This defends students’ cultural rights and enforces Navajo educational sovereignty under the 2005 Education Act.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 02-2024 RESCINDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 02-2023 WHEREAS: The President of the Navajo Nation serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Navajo Nation Executive Branch with full authority to conduct, supervise, and coordinate personnel and program...

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 01-2024 EXECUTIVE ORDER STREAMILINING HIRING PROCESSESS WHEREAS: The President of the Navaio Nation serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Executive Branch of the Navajo Nation govemment with the full authority to conduct, supervise, and...

THE NAVAJO NATION Executive Order No. 07-2023 EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATED TO LIFTING STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE NAVAJO NATION AND RESCINDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 05-2023 NAVAJO NATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OCTOBER 4, 2023 WHEREAS: 1. The...

WHEREAS: The President of the Navajo Nation serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Executive Branch of the Navaio Nation government with full authority to conduct, supervise, and coordinate personnel and programs, see 2 N.N.C. § 1005 (A); and The President of...

THE NAVAJO NATION Executive Order No. 05-2023 EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATED TO STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE NAVAJO NATION WHEREAS: The President of the Navajo Nation serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Executive Branch of the Navajo Nation government with the...