WHITE CONE, Ariz. – Elders rejoiced with friends and enjoyed time with the community through song and dance, physical well-being activities, and a catered meal at the White Cone multi-purpose complex on Friday in honor of Older American Month. “Our elders hold...

TSAILE, Ariz. – On Fri., May 10, 118 students received their diplomas, 114 received certificates, and nine will be adult education graduates. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren tells recent graduates to distance themselves from the “naysayers.” “It is my honor to...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — On Thurs., May 9, President Nygren watched the Navajo Nation’s students walk across the Gammage Theater stage at the American Indian Convocation for the ASU Spring 2024 graduation. The convocation began with a student drum, prayer, and welcome song...

WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. – Covering 27,413 square miles, Navajo Nation’s first responders work tirelessly for the people and, during May, are honored. On Fri., May 10, the Navajo Nation recognizes its Navajo Nation police officers and its officers killed in the line of...

WASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren this week asked Arizona and New Mexico congressmen and senators to help the Navajo Nation with pending water settlement issues and environmental concerns that directly affect the Navajo people. On Tuesday and Wednesday...

WASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told federal Energy Department officials that the Navajo Nation welcomes collaboration as it transitions from a fossil fuel economy to clean energy. On Tuesday, the President met David Turk, deputy secretary of the U.S....

WASHINGTON – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told Congress on Wednesday that Indian Country and the Navajo Nation remains critically underfunded, requiring changes to achieve tribal equity and socioeconomic justice. Testifying before the House Appropriations...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – After a 30-year wait, the paperwork to build a new Cameron Chapter chapterhouse took just three months to move through the Navajo Nation Council. On May 2, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed legislation to allocate $4.8 million for the...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation Department of Public Service today announced the arrest of the suspect in the triple shooting with one fatality that occurred in Cameron, Ariz., on Monday.  Derick Myron of Tuba City was arrested at 12:41 a.m. on May 2, 2024. He...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Seven weeks after asking President Biden for his assistance, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed legislation that adds the Navajo Nation Council’s imprimatur to ban the transportation of uranium ore across Navajo lands. Joined by Navajo...

LUPTON, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren issued the following statement regarding the train derailment that occurred on the New Mexico side of the Arizona-New Mexico state line near Lupton, Arizona, on Friday, April 26, 2024. “Today, federal, tribal and...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren today announced the Navajo Nation will join the Biden-Harris Administration’s new freshwater initiative. The freshwater preservation plan called “The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge: A Partnership to...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Tribal revenue increases, protection against uranium contamination and potholes figured prominently in Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren’s State of the Navajo Nation address on Monday.  In his quarterly report to the Navajo Nation Council,...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Planning for the first Navajo Nation Welcome Baby Celebration is ramping up fast to become the “can’t miss” event of the spring. Moms, dads, grandparents and new babies born between April 2023 and April 2024 will be treated to 500 catered lunches,...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren on Friday ensured that the final phase of construction of the Shonto La Quinta Hotel will be completed this summer. The President approved an additional $3.4 million in ARPA funding to finish phase three...