Author: Donovan Quintero

Despite muddy conditions after a November rainstorm brought life-giving moisture to the mesa, Black Mesa community members packed the Forest Lake Chapter House on Nov. 20 and told Resources and Development Committee Chairwoman Brenda Jesus exactly what they want the Navajo Nation to say to Peabody Energy and federal regulators.

A Nevada tribe is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that relies in part on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the Navajo Nation, a case that reshaped the limits of federal responsibility for tribal water rights.

A day after a Navajo Nation District Court judge granted President Buu Nygren’s temporary restraining order blocking Speaker Crystalyne Curley’s removal legislation, the Navajo Nation Council met in a special session to approve separate funding measures for the Legislative and Executive branches.

A construction firm with 51% Navajo ownership is challenging the Navajo Nation’s handling of a housing project at the same time the tribe has released its latest update to the Business Opportunity Source List, the directory governing which Navajo-owned companies qualify for contracting preference under tribal law.

Thanksgiving for President Buu Nygren may not be a time of thankfulness if a Navajo Nation District Court judge denies his motion to halt legislation that seeks to remove him. The effort is being led by his former Arizona State University classmate.