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...
Statements and Releases
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren asks state mental health programs to adopt traditional Navajo teachings to improve services, outcomes
Sep 15, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
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...
Navajo Nation President unveils $55 million federal urban assistance program for Navajo homeowners
Sep 15, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
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...
Proclamation: In Honor and Recognition of Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, September 13, 2023
Sep 13, 2023 | Press Room, Proclamations, Statements and Releases
Declaring May 8-12, 2023, as 2023 Navajo Nation Nurses Week
Statement by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren on Executive Protection Services program
Sep 7, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
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...
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren runs as Grand Marshal of Central Fair Parade
Aug 28, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
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...
President Nygren, First Lady Blackwater-Nygren tell first year Utah State students ‘we believe in you’
Aug 23, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
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....
Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument established, new uranium mining prohibited
Aug 8, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
TUSAYAN, Ariz. — U.S. President Joe Biden, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, and tribal leaders from across the region celebrated the new Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument today. Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni translates to Ancestral Footprints...
President Nygren Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives
Jul 13, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Navajo Nation President Nygren delivered an impassioned testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals, emphasizing the importance of tribal sovereignty, economic survival, and the protection of...
President Nygren meets with families of missing and murdered loved ones
Jul 10, 2023 | Press Room, Statements and Releases
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...
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