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KAYENTA, Ariz. - On Dec. 16, Council Delegate Nathaniel Brown (Chilchinbeto, Dennehotso, Kayenta) took part in the "Building Communities of Hope" event at Monument Valley High School.
Navajo-Hopi Observer
KAYENTA, Ariz. - On Dec. 16, Council Delegate Nathaniel Brown (Chilchinbeto, Dennehotso, Kayenta) took part in the "Building Communities of Hope" event at Monument Valley High School.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The presidential line-item veto was upheld Dec. 30 during a special session of the Navajo Nation Council, when council members failed to override the veto authority, which needed 16 votes.
WINDOW ROCK - Navajo Nation officials are encouraging the Nation's 110 chapters to finalize emergency response plans and to use chapter funds in preparation for winter weather conditions that may impact roads, livestock, and access to heating, food, and water.
PHOENIX - The commercials and online ads for auto title loans make them appear especially enticing during the holiday season when many families need extra cash.
FLAGSTAFF - Sunlight shoots through the window of a Flagstaff studio, casting a spotlight on Gregory Hill - specifically on his hands. They're burned and worn from carving toy tops.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye called for the protection of Navajo children Dec. 10 in his support of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) during the opening banquet for the Navajo Division of Social Service in Albuquerque.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - A disagreement broke out Dec. 16 between the Navajo Nation executive and legislative branches about a challenge to the line-item veto authority with both sides claiming they are upholding the voice of the people.
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - A jury found Alex Rios guilty Dec. 9 of two counts of second-degree murder for the killing of two Navajo men, Kee Thompson and Allison Gorman.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A love of dancing unites four young Native American ballet dancers at the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Music and Dance Academy.
WASHINGTON - a congressional highway bill significantly increases funding by $55 million, which will provide safer transportation and public access roads for tribal communities, a top priority for Native communities.
PARIS - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell met with French Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira Dec. 2 to express the United States' concern about tribal sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony that are sold at French auction houses, and to seek cooperation in working to return objects to Indian tribes in the United States.
PHOENIX - On Nov. 30, Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez and Navajo Nation Council Speaker LoRenzo Bates attended Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's inaugural Tribal Leaders Summit to discuss education, economic development, natural resources and infrastructure development.
WINDOW ROCK - Members of the Navajo Nation Council, Vice President Jonathan Nez, and Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan met Nov. 30 in hopes of presenting a unified voice to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Indian Health about the Fiscal Year 2016 budget.
TONALEA, Ariz. - For a third year, the Tonalea Chapter is struggling to have administration and public meetings because the chapter doesn't have an official chapter house and meets and works in a cold, metal warehouse.
TUBA CITY, Ariz. - WW II veteran and Navajo Code Talker Dan Akee's wish to live in the home he built in the 1960s is coming true, slowly, with help from the community and Red Feather Development Group.
NAATAANII AREA, Ariz. - Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye and Vice President Jonathan Nez traveled to Black Falls Nov. 21 to sign an agreement between the Nation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to address development in the Bennett Freeze area.
NAATSIS'ÁÁN, UTAH - On Nov. 20 the community of Naatsis'áán, formerly known as Navajo Mountain, celebrated the completion of Navajo Route 16, which begins at Arizona Highway 98 and stretches for approximately 40 miles to Naatsis'áán Chapter and the community schools.
WINDOW ROCK - Nov. 23, with the assistance of the Navajo Area Agency on Aging, the Navajo Nation Council donated turkeys to senior centers across the Navajo Nation for the Thanksgiving holiday.
LEUPP, Ariz. - Instead of wearing feathers and fancy hats, STAR students got ready for Thanksgiving by cooking food from recipes they created themselves and then serving the food to the elders at a community feast.
PHOENIX, Ariz.-The legend of Hopi High School runners continues as the Bruins won a national record 26th straight state boys cross country championship Nov. 7 at Cave Creek Golf Course in north Phoenix.
WASHINGTON - Arizona college student Blossom Johnson painted a bleak picture Nov. 5 for President Barack Obama of life on the Navajo reservation, describing poverty and a childhood clouded by friends lost to suicide.
WASHINGTON - Tribal officials renewed their calls to block a copper mine on Arizona land they consider sacred, telling lawmakers Nov. 4 it is not only a spiritual violation but bad precedent for all of Indian country.
ORAIBI, Ariz. - Above the creased high-desert landscape of northeastern Arizona, the Hopi village Oraibi, continuously inhabited for nearly 1,000 years, sits atop a blond mesa crumbling at the edges.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - How does a reservation kid from the Navajo Nation grow up to work at NASA at a lab that sends robots to Mars? For Aaron Yazzie it started in Tuba City, where he was born.
CHINLE, Ariz. - Police have a suspect in custody after a robbery of more than $1,800 from the Chinle Wells Fargo Oct. 26. The police also recovered the vehicle that was used in the robbery.
WINDOW ROCK - Members of the Naabik'iyátí' Committee last Thursday, unanimously approved legislation supporting grant applications submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that would fund methamphetamine, suicide and domestic violence prevention initiatives on the Navajo Nation for a five-year cycle.
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - Four young adventure seekers decided to do what people say couldn't be done any longer - ride 3,000 miles, on horseback, from the border of Mexico to Canada.
WASHINGTON - Tribal leaders from the Four Corners states met in Washington Oct. 15 and called on President Barack Obama to declare 1.9 million acres in southeastern Utah a national monument.
WASHINGTON - Arizona is one of 12 states that will share in $14.5 million worth of grants aimed at helping communities deal with a changing energy industry that has seen a decrease in demand for coal.
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Pharmacy will use a $3.5-million grant to study the exposure of Native American communities to metal mixtures from unremediated abandoned hardrock mine sites, like the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.