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Navajo lawmakers put off vote on coal plant lease
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 1 month ago
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Ariz. (AP) Navajo Nation lawmakers have put off voting on a lease extension for a coal-fired power plant over concerns about water use, pollution, the federal government's role in the power plant and a negotiating team that didn't include any of the
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Utah school, Navajo Nation leaders sign education agreement
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 1 month ago
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The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 22 minutes ago Updated 1 minute ago Historically, education has been a thorny topic between government officials and American Indian leaders who recall the days of forced assimilation at boarding schools. But on
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Navajo Nation moves to buy reservation coal mine
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 5 months ago
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Ariz. (AP) The Navajo Nation is moving toward taking over a coal mine that supplies one of two power plants on the reservation, in an effort to preserve jobs and protect one of its top revenue sources. The tribe and BHP Billiton announced Wednesday
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Navajo task force meets to consider Interior proposal on water-rights settlement
Congress :: AZ :: USA | 6 months ago
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Less than a week after tribal leaders and federal officials met in Washington to try to breathe life back into a water-rights deal, a Navajo task force met Tuesday in Window Rock to consider terms from that last gathering. A notice of the meeting
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Navajo President delivers State of the Nation address
Window Rock :: AZ :: USA | 7 months ago
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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly outlined recent accomplishments from the Shelly/Jim administration during his quarterly State of the Nation address last week at the opening day of the Navajo Nation Council's fall session...The money will be spent
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Law and Order Committee meets with Oglala Sioux Tribe representatives
Window Rock :: AZ :: USA | 8 months ago
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The 22nd Navajo Nation Council's Law and Order Committee (LOC) met with two members of the Oglala Sioux's Law and Order Committee on Sept. 18 to share information on the way tribal criminal justice and public safety systems are organized and operate
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Shelly signs legislation to increase higher education funding
Window Rock :: AZ :: USA | 9 months ago
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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation that will increase funding for Navajo higher education by $4 million. In a signing ceremony on Aug. 3, President Shelly signed legislation CJY-41-12, which increases yearly funding for Navajo
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Shelly calls Little Colorado River meeting a success
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 11 months ago
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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said the meeting about the Little Colorado River (LCR) Water Rights Settlement was successful though only three delegates were represented in the one day meeting held on June 16 at the Navajo Division of
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Guest Column: Passage of Senate Bill 2109 will secure our water rights
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 1 year ago
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The children who were born when this fight began are now grown and are caring for children of their own...There is nothing more important to our children and to our families than access to clean, reliable sources of water. As a member of the Navajo
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Shelly hasn't announced a position on Little Colorado River Water Settlement
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 1 year ago
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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said he is continuing to listen to Navajo people and their concerns about the Little Colorado River Water Settlement. "The forum is not done and the Office of the President and Vice President is in the process of
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