Author: Donovan Quintero

The scheduled closure of the Cholla Power Plant in April could have major financial consequences for Navajo Nation chapters that rely on its revenue, newly elected Council Delegate Arbin Mitchell warned during the Wide Ruins Chapter’s recent planning meeting.

President Donald Trump nominated William “Billy” Kirkland III of Georgia to serve as the assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, replacing Bryan Todd Newland, who served under former President Joe Biden. 

A bill introduced in the New Mexico Legislature aims to protect Indigenous students’ right to wear traditional regalia at graduation ceremonies and ensure students with medical conditions can carry and self-administer prescribed medication.

Ts’ahbiikin Chapter resolution TBK 2025-041-006, which supports and urges the Navajo Nation Council, the Office of the President and Vice President, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to waive all fees associated with obtaining a tribal identification card and extend the expiration date until the holder’s 65th birthday, is among the issues to be discussed on Feb. 3.