WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources today announced the 76th Annual Navajo Nation Fair will be Wednesday to Sunday, Sept. 4 to 8, at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds in Window Rock. This year’s fair theme is “Honoring Heritage:...
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Navajo President Buu Nygren continues week of advocacy for Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement
WASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren was joined by a large delegation that’s in Washington, D.C., this week to advance the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act. The President was here Tuesday to testify before the House Natural Resources...
Navajo President Buu Nygren testifies before House Natural Resources Committee, joins tribal leaders from Arizona, New Mexico, Montana to pass $12 billion in settlements
WASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren testified here today before the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries on four water rights bills that will bring water to the Navajo Nation and other tribes. “Roughly a third...
Navajo President Buu Nygren statement on President Biden stepping aside as candidate
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Nygren has issued this statement regarding President Biden stepping aside from the 2023 presidential race. As Navajo Nation President, I express my deepest gratitude to President Joe Biden for his resilient leadership for...
Navajo President Buu Nygren signs historic Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement with Hopi Tribe, San Juan Paiute leaders
PHOENIX – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren joined leaders from the Hopi Tribe and Southern San Juan Paiute Tribe to sign the historic Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement at the Heard Museum here today. The agreement proposes to bring...
Navajo President Buu Nygren appoints Reycita Toddy as new director of Division of Human Resources: “My job is to make things happen”
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Reycita Toddy has seen it all in the world of Navajo human resources. She comes close to having held every job in the Navajo Nation Division of Human Resources in her 30 years on the job. She’s held roles in personnel management, recruiting,...
Navajo President Buu Nygren presents State of Navajo Nation address after Navajo Council says he’s tardy, votes to move down agenda to next item
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren chose to present his State of the Navajo Nation address on Facebook Live today after the Navajo Nation Council spent 45 minutes debating his being 46 seconds late and then moved on to the Navajo Nation Chief...
President Nygren’s State of the Navajo Nation Address in the State Room
July 15, 2024 Madam Speaker, Madam Chief Justice, Madam Vice President, Members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council, visiting dignitaries, distinguished guests, and my Navajo People, Yá'át'ééh! Since the 1960s, there have been four Navajo chairmen, nine Navajo...
Navajo President Buu Nygren invests $7 million in small businesses with loans to grow, diversify Navajo Navajo’s entrepreneurs, economy
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren will help hundreds of Navajo businesses grow through a new loan program. President Nygren made $7 million in funding available to small businesses through two loan programs offered by the nonprofit, innovative...
Navajo President Buu Nygren, Navajo EPA continue efforts to prevent uranium ore trucks from using Navajo highways
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Trucks carrying uranium may soon cross Navajo roads. Only a canvas tarp covering the payload will separate the Diné from a potential human and environmental calamity. The Navajo Nation wants to prevent uranium from being moved over its roads...
Navajo President Buu Nygren, Speaker Crystalyne Curley, AG Ethel Branch take questions about historic water rights settlement legislation
Bipartisan bill introduced in House, Senate by Arizona delegation WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren took questions from the press Tuesday just hours before he boarded a flight to Washington to lobby for the country’s largest Indian water rights...
Navajo Water Rights Settlement Legislation Introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona’s two U.S. senators and four members of congress introduced legislation to authorize the country’s largest Indian water rights settlement, which resolves water claims by the Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute nations. Senator Mark...
Navajo President Buu Nygren says new Navajo Department of Health administrator knows how government works, has strong passion to help Navajo elderly population
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The new Navajo Nation Department of Health’s health services administrator says her job is to meet the diverse needs of the growing Diné elderly population, which now includes Boomers. Marlinda Littleman, administrator of the Division of Aging...
Navajo President Buu Nygren signs executive order to implement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions to protect life, livestock, natural resources
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren today issued an executive order to immediately implement State 1 Fire Restrictions across the Navajo Nation. “These restrictions are needed as a preventive protective measure,” President Nygren said. “We’re...
President Nygren responds to severe flooding and power outages impacting the Northern, Eastern & Utah Navajo regions
If you are affected by the storms, have a power outage, or need emergency assistance - please call Navajo Nation Emergency Command at (928) 814-0604. This evening, the regions of Shiprock, Sanostee, Tohatchi, Twin Lakes, Crownpoint, Mexican Hat, Bluff, Aneth and...
Congratulations to Crystalyne Curley and Justin JonesJuly 21, 2026
President Nygren Signs 24 Intergovernmental Agreements to Advance $11.5 Million in New Mexico Community ProjectsJuly 17, 2026
President Nygren Approves $130.6 Million Indian Housing Plan for Fiscal Year 2027July 17, 2026
President Nygren Signs Historic Legislation Advancing Broadband and Public Safety Across the Navajo NationJuly 17, 2026
President Buu Nygren thanks Navajo Nation firefighters and emergency respondersJuly 16, 2026