Immediate Release

Jul 28 - Navajo Nation Primary Election August 3, 2010 - Administrative Leave

Jul 28 - Government Services Committee passes Diné College Board of Regents Act of 2010

Jul 28 - Navajo Scholarship Office hosts 2010 Chief Manuelito Scholars Awards Ceremony Gallup City Council Declares July 30, “Chief Manuelito Scholars Day”

Jul 28 - Lifting of Order of Fire Restriction

Jul 27 - Talking Points for Flooding and Flash Flood

Jul 27 - Meeting to reorganize Governance-Certified Chapters postponed

Jul 26 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., vetoes ‘Decentralization Project’
as duplication of whole divisions, fostering separatist approach

Jul 26 - Intergovernmental Relations Committee approves position statement for air flight tours, tables Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement legislation

Jul 23 - Council of Governance-Certified Chapters schedules meeting to discuss options for reorganization of certified chapters

Jul 23 - Resources Committee approves crude oil agreement between the Navajo Nation and Navajo Oil and Gas Company

Jul 21 - Council authorizes Title 5 Self Governance Compacts for Title 1 contractors, approves Judicial Elections Act, Navajo Tobacco Products and Licensing Act

Jul 21 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., orders flags to half-staff in honor of the late U.S. Army Specialist Christopher J. Moon

Jul 21 - Council votes down Navajo Nation Election Consolidation Act of 2010, refers supplemental appropriations to IGR Committee

Jul 20 - The Navajo Nation Executive Branch - FY 2010 3rd Quarterly Report

Jul 20 - NNHRC - Notice of Public Hearings On the Use and Preservation of Sacred Sites

Jul 19 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., prevented from presenting oral State of Navajo Nation address; no reason for slight given

Jul 19 - Navajo Nation Council welcomes Lt. Gov. Denish of New Mexico to the Navajo Nation, hears report from Human Rights Commission

Jul 19 - Supreme Court Provides Clarification on Status of Amendments Impacting Governmental Structure and Calls for Reestablishment of Commission on Government Development

Jul 16 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., says Nation grieves the loss of 12th Navajo serviceman in the War on Terror in Afghanistan

Jul 14 - Withdrawal of SIPI Accreditation Excludes SIPI Students From
Navajo Scholarships & Financial Assistance Funding

Jul 14 - Transportation, Community Development Committee certifies Cornfields Chapter

Jul 13 - Council passes draft Western Navajo Agency Decentralization Pilot Project, supplement appropriations tabled for summer session

Jul 12 - College Students Offered Free Financial Literacy Training

Jul 12 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., issues executive order to declare override attempts of line item veto ‘null & void’

Jul 12 - Speaker Morgan announces July 13 Special Session agenda

Jul 10 - Navajo Attorney General Louis Denetsosie determines Navajo Council may not override line item veto authority

Jul 9 - NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT JOE SHIRLEY, JR.’S STATEMENT ON TODAY’S NAVAJO NATION SUPREME COURT DECISION

Jul 9 - Vice President Shelly updates Resources Committee on air flight routes over Grand Canyon National Park

Jul 9 - Navajo Nation Council pleased with Navajo Supreme Court’s decision of limiting President Shirley to two consecutive terms

Jul 9 - Navajo Nation Firewood Cutting Season

Jul 9 - Navajo Forestry Designated Permitting Offices

Jul 9 - NNHRC Seeking Testimonies on the Preservation and Use of Sacred Sites

Jul 7 - Pinedale Chapter hosting 2010 Eastern Navajo Youth Week July 13-15

Jul 7 - Education Committee approves Impact Aid Indian Policies, Procedures for Gallup McKinley County Public Schools

Jul 7 - Housing grant will help seven chapters served by Navajo Utah Commission

Jul 6 - Speaker Morgan announces 2010 Summer Session agenda

Jul 6 - Budget and Finance Committee hears audit report regarding the Office of the First Lady, directive made for corrective action plan

Jul 5 - Council proposal to override President’s line item veto is waste of tribal resources People sought to prevent

Jul 4 - President Shirley's Message on Independence Day

Jul 2 - Speaker Morgan meets with members of the Council of Governance-Certified Chapters regarding issues related to post-certified governance chapters

Jul 1 - Fort Defiance Agency Council delegates meet with Navajo Board of Election Supervisors to discuss absentee voting issue

Jul 1 - Judiciary Committee passes piece of legislation addressing restrictions of political campaign signs

Jun 29 - Health, Social Services Committee meets with Navajo Area Indian Health Services, Navajo Housing Authority to discuss Legislation No. 0160-10

Jun 28 - Public Safety Committee hears report regarding Chief Justice Herb Yazzie’s project, reaffirms Key Bank loan for priority sites

Jun 28 - Executive Order - Order of Fire Restriction

Jun 27 - Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., signs documents to partner with KeyBank on groundbreaking $60 million deal for new jails

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