Statements and Memoranda

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, within his first month in office, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren met with U.S Treasurer Lynn Malerba on the need for the Nation to eliminate and prevent the reversion of any unspent funds appropriated to it by the federal government....

WASHINGTON — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren concluded his first trip to the nation’s capital by meeting the Interior Secretary, the U.S treasurer, Arizona’s newest congressman, New Mexico’s two U.S. senators and touring the Pentagon. The president met with...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren concluded his week of discussions with national leaders at Friday night’s Farmington Lady Scorpions versus Eldorado Lady Eagles high school girls basketball game alongside First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren....

WASHINGTON — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren’s first visit to the nation’s capital this week may have set a record. This was President Nygren’s first official trip to Washington, which was scheduled around his attendance of President Biden’s second State of the...

WASHINGTON — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren will attend President Biden’s second State of the Nation address in the U.S. Capitol this evening as the guest of U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona. It is President Nygren’s first trip to Washington for both the...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren discussed collaboration with New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales on Friday after a day of meetings with New Mexico state agency and legislative leadership. During their...

WINDOW ROCK, Navajo Nation — Navajo Nation First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren distributed donated coats, blankets, beanies and bags with personal hygiene items to unsheltered relatives in the Gallup area in partnership with Strengthening Nations, a non-profit...

SALT LAKE CITY — This week, Navajo Nation First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren and members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council provided public comment in support of H.B. 25, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Sunset Extension, at the Utah State...

SALT LAKE CITY — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren met Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox at the Utah State Capitol as part of leadership meetings with Utah leadership. In their introductory meeting, President Nygren and Governor...

SALT LAKE CITY — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council, including Speaker Crystalyne Curley, met today with Utah leaders to advocate for state-level protections of Native American children through H.B. 40. The bill would...