Statements and Releases

LEUPP, Ariz. – After years of delay, the Navajo Nation will formally incorporate the wisdom and knowledge of its traditional teachings to address modern social problems found across its land. After being stalled since 1987, the Diné Action Plan is ready to move. The...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Mental health services provided to Navajos by Arizona, New Mexico and Utah may soon be improved through the adoption of traditional Navajo teachings and knowledge if incorporated into their programs. Officials with these states’ child welfare...

PHOENIX — Urban Navajos who own homes off the Navajo Nation will soon receive some unexpected help they’ll want but didn’t need to ask for. On Monday, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told 250 Phoenix metro area Navajo homeowners that the Nation received a $55...

September 7, 2023 As we look ahead to the coming new year, I want to take time to address questions regarding the Executive Protection Services program, changes to the Navajo Nation plan of operation relating to EPS, and the sudden focus on the hiring of a Navajo...

CHINLE, Ariz. — Fairgoers to the 37th annual Central Navajo Fair Parade would not have seen this year’s Grand Marshal waving to the large crowd from his official float this year. That’s because he ran the length of the parade route on Saturday here instead – signing...

BLUFF, Utah — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren told the incoming class of freshman class at Utah State University here how they remember the apprehension they felt on their first day of college and how they overcame it....

WINDOW ROCK — Faces filled with grief and desperation stared at President Buu Nygren as he listened solemnly before the group of families gathered in the State Room.  The issue of missing and murdered indigenous women had reached a crisis point in the country, and he...