Author: Donovan Quintero

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.

A federal compliance process at the center of the Navajo Nation’s pandemic recovery spending continues to face scrutiny as the tribe races to meet looming deadlines to use its remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Educators, advocates and tribal leaders sharply criticized New Mexico’s Public Education Department on Friday for excluding Indigenous voices from its latest plan to address the landmark Yazzie-Martinez ruling, saying the proposal remains superficial, underfunded and unendorsed by Native nations.

Community members and visitors attended the opening of the new St. Michaels Chapter House on Nov. 14.