Author: Alastair Lee Bitsóí

Nanneray Nez remembers when she first learned of her late uncle being diagnosed with HIV and later dying of the virus that causes AIDS.

It is now against the law to assault Navajo Nation police officers, according to amendments to the Criminal Code that President Ben Shelly signed into law Monday.

If right-of-ways are granted by federal, state, private and tribal landowners to Saddle Butte LLC, construction of a 130-mile oil pipeline would begin this summer.

Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tsosie Sr. has passed into the spirit world, according to Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, who ordered flags flown at half-staff in his honor.