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The Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President intervened to prevent New Mexico $780,000 in capital outlay funding for 13 senior center vehicles from reverting to the state. 

As an ongoing effort to advocate for Navajo Veterans, President Nygren met with Secretary of Veteran Affairs Denis R. McDonough to discuss several priorities to bring veteran services to the Navajo Nation.

More than $5.1 million in Fiscal Recovery Funds will go to the communities of Chilchinbeto, Dennehotso, and Kayenta.

The legislation was signed on Thursday by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren in Window Rock.

Before getting down to the business of signing the legislation, President Buu Nygren and Delegate Dr. Andy Nez conversed about what they could do to encourage students to learn Navajo.

The two leaders met on Friday to sign Navajo Nation Council Delegate Nez’s. But before they discussed the legislation, they began talking about language preservation.

President Buu Nygren, on Monday, met with Deanne Criswell, Administrator for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The two leaders discussed a number of issues including the flooding in Chinle.

To stimulate tourism, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed a $1.5 million legislation allowing revenue in the Hotel Occupancy Tax and Tourism Fund to be used by all Navajo Nation programs for tourism-related purposes.

Tourism, President Nygren said, is an “untapped market.”

President Buu Nygren congratulated former Arizona State Representative Arlando Teller after he was officially sworn in as the FIRST Assistant Secretary for Tribal Affairs for the U.S. Department of Transportation.

President Nygren attended the swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary Teller, who took the position in April.

A windy Friday afternoon kept about 100 people company as they walked to remember their missing or murdered loved ones.

But the wind didn’t seem to bother the families as they trekked the seven-mile journey from Fort Defiance to Window Rock.

President Buu Nygren and his administration wasted no effort. They invited council delegates to the Navajo Nation Office of the President and participated in signing ceremonies.

One of those legislations President Nygren signed was for Navajo Nation Council Delegate Vince R. James, who represents Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kinlichee, and Steamboat.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and his administration have been on a roll this past week.

The Navajo Nation President signed several legislations. One legislation was sponsored by Navajo Nation Council Delegate Germaine Simonson, who represents Hard Rock, Forest Lake, Pinon, Black Mesa, and Whippoorwill.

When Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren heard of the Warriors and Rodeo Navajo Military Roping Clinic 2023, he didn’t hesitate to welcome them to the Navajo Nation.

Sixth and seventh graders from Ch'ooshgai Community School, located in Tohatchi, N.M., visited Navajo governmental offices and stopped by the Office of the President and Vice President on Friday morning.

On Friday, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed an Executive Order to amend the public health order that made wearing of a mask mandatory in enclosed areas and in public on the Navajo Nation.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and officials with PNM, San Juan College and Navajo Technical University honored 16 PNM-Navajo Nation Workforce Training scholarship recipients.

As part of a year-long effort to visit the young people of the Navajo Nation, President Nygren accepted the invitation of the Bread Springs Day School for a tour and student assembly.