Speaker Crystalyne Curley said the Navajo Nation will continue defending the voting rights of all Diné citizens after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Louisiana congressional map and narrowed a civil rights protection tribes have used for decades to challenge the dilution of Native voting power.
Stacey Banach stood beside Evangeline “Vangie” Randall-Shorty on April 25, holding a phone with photos of her late sister.
On behalf of grazing permit holders, I question why BIA Navajo Region is using incomplete draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) grazing permit system. BIA’s mission statement says, “BIA is committed to provide high quality services to our customers in a timely and professional matter.”
The unofficial results from Tuesday’s Navajo Nation General Election are as follows. To see the full list, visit navajotimes.com
Team members at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort recently collected 736 pounds of food to distribute to two northern Arizona organizations serving people facing food insecurity.
For many prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft, the spotlight extended far beyond the players. It found their parents. From emotional embraces to quiet living room moments, the draft became a reminder that every name called – or not called – carries a story built on years of sacrifice, support and belief.
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Strong winds bent canopies and swept across Johnson Field at the University of New Mexico on Sunday, but they did little to slow the drums, dancers and families gathered for the 67th Annual Nizhoni Days Powwow.
Vice President Richelle Montoya and Radeanna Comb, the program manager for the Navajo Special Diabetes, raised concerns this week about delays in diabetes funding that continue to affect services in tribal communities, even after Congress set the Special Diabetes Program for Indians at $200 million for fiscal 2026.
Dr. Shane Benally, a Diné optometrist who splits his practice between Santo Domingo Pueblo and Santa Fe, has been named 2026 Young Optometrist of the Year by the New Mexico Optometric Association.
A San Juan College High School senior has earned the Navajo Nation Seal of Bilingual Proficiency at the superior level, the highest recognition the Navajo Nation awards to students who demonstrate exceptional fluency in the Diné language.
Kenneth Shirley’s new drama series has been a long time coming, and on April 24 it arrives at Celebrity Theatre.
More than 100 young people and their families turned out at the Two Grey Hills Skate Park last week for the Protect the Land Skate Jam, an Earth Day gathering that paired skateboarding lessons with native seed planting, art-making and a park clean-up.
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