Press Releases for July 2009

July 31, 2009 - NNPSR Launches Second School-Supplies Campaign, Ensuring Children Have Tools to Succeed In School

July 31, 2009 - Dilkon District Court celebrates grand opening

July 31, 2009 - Navajo Nation Supreme Court affirms final judgment ordering election on council reduction, line item veto

July 27, 2009 - Public Safety Committee leads effort to secure funding for new tribal jails in Indian Country

July 23, 2009 - Navajo Nation Council completes final day of 2009 Summer Session

July 21, 2009 - Navajo Nation Council makes history, becomes first Nation in Indian Country to initiate Green Jobs

July 21, 2009 - Navajo Nation Council completes day two of 2009 Summer Session

July 20, 2009 - Speaker's Report to the Council - 3rd Quarterly Report

July 20, 2009 - State of the Navajo Nation Address - Vice President Ben Shelly

July 9, 2009 - Veto Message - Resolution No. CJN-18-09

July 9, 2009 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., vetoes $10 million spending bill citing lack of accountability, prudence, real fiscal responsibility

July 4, 2009 - President Shirley's Message on Independence Day

June 29, 2009 - Navajo Nation Code Annotated now available on World Wide Web, www.westlaw.com

June 24, 2009 - Navajo Council Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan offers condolences to family of Navajo Code Talker Matthew Martin

June 24, 2009 - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., offers condolences to family of the late Navajo Code Talker Matthew Martin, 84, of Crownpoint, N.M.

June 22, 2009 - Speaker Morgan announces special session to accept audit report from KPMG LLP

June 19, 2009 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., Navajo EPA Director Stephen B. Etsitty honored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 for leadership

June 17, 2009 - Speaker Morgan sends condolences to family of former Navajo Councilman Wallace D. Davis

June 12, 2009 - Judiciary Committee will conduct hearing to evaluate performance of District Court Judge Cathy J. Begay

June 10, 2009 - Navajo Councilwoman Hope MacDonald-Lone Tree has mission to bring more attention to teen dating violence

June 10, 2009 - Rex Lee Jim participates in U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City, shares Navajo ideas with developing indigenous nations

June 10, 2009 - Office of the Speaker announces newly designed website

June 09, 2009 - Navajo Vice President Ben Shelly Applauds Permanent
Mount Taylor Traditional Cultural Property Designation

June 09, 2009 - Navajo Vice President Ben Shelly thanks Utah Governor
Jon Huntsman for supporting state-tribal child support enforcement efforts

June 09, 2009 - Navajo Vice President Ben Shelly thanks Utah Transportation Department for ARRA Partnerships

June 09, 2009 - Speaker Morgan disappointed with U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of petition filed by Navajo Nation, several tribes, environmental groups to protect San Francisco Peaks

June 05, 2009 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., is first Native American
leader to join federal Homeland Security Advisory Council

June 05, 2009 - NNHRC Pleased With the Addition of Mount Taylor to New Mexico State Register

June 05, 2009 - WILLIE K. BEGAY Proclamation June 4 2009

June 05, 2009 - THOMAS CLAW Proclamation May 28 2009

June 05, 2009 - JOHN BROWN JR. Proclamation May 21 2009

June 04, 2009 - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., orders Navajo flags lowered to half-staff in honor of the late Navajo Code Talker Willie K. Begay

June 04, 2009 - Speaker Morgan sends condolences to the family of Navajo Code Talker Willie Kescoli Begay

June 03, 2009 - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., offers condolences to family of the late Navajo Code Talker Willie K. Begay, 88, of Pinon, Ariz.

Video - KOAT 7 Albuquerque - Navajo Leaders Address Race and Discrimination

June 02, 2009 - NNHRC conducts Public Hearings on Race Relations in Torreon and Albuquerque