WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – It’s been 19 months since Emmy-nominated film and TV writer-director Sydney Freeland visited Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren to tell him about her latest project: the Netflix production of Rez Ball. Next week, millions across the country will...
Statements and Releases
Navajo President Buu Nygren supports former uranium miners’ call for justice in op-ed, A Legacy of Harm: Navajo Demands Justice for Uranium Mining Victims
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren today issued an editorial commentary in support of former Navajo uranium miners who will travel to Washington next week to seek justice through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act, S. 3853....
President Nygren thanks Navajo Council for passing Continuing Resolution, awaits certified resolution
September 16,2024 Honorable Crystalyne Curley, SpeakerOffice of the SpeakerNavajo Nation CouncilP.O. Box 3390Window Rock, AZ 86515 RE: Unanimous Passage of Continuing Resolution for the Navajo Nation for Part of Fiscal Year 2025, Beginning October 1, 2024 and Not to...
Navajo President Buu Nygren’s executive order to streamline hiring goes online to ease job application headaches, cut down tribal job vacancies
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A decades old roadblock to apply for thousands of tribal jobs came down today with the launch of the Navajo Nation Jobs Apply Portal. “In fact, we got two applications a few minutes ago,” said Reycita Toddy, executive director of the Division...
Navajo President Buu Nygren, OPVP warn of government shutdown should Navajo Council continue to delay passing comprehensive budget
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren’s office notified the tribe’s executive branch divisions, departments and employees to prepare for layoffs or a government shutdown because of the lack of a Council-approved comprehensive budget. On Tuesday,...
Navajo President Buu Nygren signs $24.2 million contract to replace playground equipment at 16 child care centers
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren today signed a $24.2 million contract that is certain to make some of his favorite constituents happy. On Ashkii Happy Kids Day at the 76th Annual Navajo Nation Fair, the President awarded the contract to...
Navajo President Buu Nygren signs seven contracts to move closer to goal of building 1,000 homes
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren is 300 homes closer to his goal of building 1,000 houses for Navajo families. On Friday, the President signed contracts for seven home building companies that starts the spending of $128 million in APRA funds...
Navajo President Buu Nygren says message of amendments to Radiation Materials Transportation Act is ‘respect tribal sovereignty’
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said the message in amendments to strengthen a tribal law to regulate transportation of radioactive material across the Navajo Nation is “respect tribal sovereignty.” “Respect tribal sovereignty and work with...
Navajo President Buu Nygren, Speaker Curley, Chief Justice Jayne honor three remaining Navajo Code Talkers, says Diné bizaad must be preserved
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, a three-star Marine general, a congressman and a long list of dignitaries paid homage to three remaining Navajo Code Talkers and the storied memory of 400 others who used the Navajo language as a secret weapon...
Navajo President Buu Nygren says Navajo Wool & Mohair Buy was way to ‘honor our past, secure our future’
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – For the Navajo, the labor and love of raising sheep is a centuries-old tradition. To many, Diné is synonymous with sheepherding. Mutton is a staple of the regional and cultural diet. Navajos transform wool into rugs which are revered globally for...
Navajo President Buu Nygren, University of Arizona strengthen public health collaboration with MOU
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, alongside key representatives from the Navajo Department of Health and the Navajo Epidemiology Center, on Monday signed an MOU with the University of Arizona to collaborate on data related to COVID-19 infections....
Navajo Nation’s oldest code talker, John Kinsel, Sr., 107, receives home renovations he’s awaited for years
‘He’s very excited, he’s happy. He’s more than appreciative for what he’s been given.’ LUKACHUKAI, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation’s oldest code talker waited years to see the log home he built himself receive the renovations it needed. On Wednesday, Navajo Code Talker John...
Navajo President Buu Nygren receives support to oppose uranium transport from Arizona Gov. Hobbs, Attorney General Mayes, San Juan Southern Paiutes
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren has received the support of Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and San Juan Southern Paiute President Robbin Preston, Jr., for his position to oppose the transportation of uranium...
Navajo President Buu Nygren issues executive order to enforce laws to ban irresponsible, unsafe transport of radioactive material across Navajo Nation
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren today issued an executive order to require an agreement be in place prior to the transport of radioactive material through the Navajo Nation. The executive order will be in effect for the next six months. “This...
Navajo President Buu Nygren, Navajo Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley condemn today’s unauthorized transport of uranium ore through Nation
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren this morning deployed the Navajo police to attempt to halt the illegal transportation of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine to the White Mesa Mill in southeastern Utah. By the end of the day, he received a...
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