Comics by Jack Ahasteen

Posted by Jack Ahasteen | Jun 17, 2021 | Comics |

Nez tries to hand over load of $1.8 billion in CARES Act cash to chapters, but chapters saying tribe has been doing it all wrong and needs to get rid of all the players. Sidekicks say it will go to reelections and voters.

Jack Ahasteen’s ‘toon for June 17, 2021.

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Nez tries to hand over load of $1.8 billion in CARES Act cash to chapters, but chapters saying tribe has been doing it all wrong and needs to get rid of all the players. Sidekicks say it will go to reelections and voters.

Domestic Terrorist: I'm not moving till I get my reward -- Navajo Nation Government. Uncle Sam sits on other end of pipeline with American Rescue Plan Act money spilling out and going nowhere. Reflect Tso and Tso sign on broken pipe.

Council delegates chasing off Pauline Kirk and Ryce. Council weirds guns and money flies through the air as Kirk and Ryce flee. The gang that couldn't shoot straight.

Congrats high school graduates, class of 2021. Pandemic. School closings. No jobs. Virtual school. Windstorm. Congrats to Olivia Ahasteen Chambers.

Navajo Nation Controller Pearline Kirk as a gunslinger chases Halona and another council delegate away, who wanted to fire her.

Police officer sitting on chair in front of condemned jail says Wish we had an office over there. Across street is modern hi-rise for uppity class.

Glamping. Resort plans show teepee while campers show up in conestoga wagons drawn by steers.

Planning the ARPA. Group with various needs cannot figure out how to fix patient.

Uncle Sam kicking helping NNG guy. NNG guy is sitting on back of Navajo Voters. Voters say, I need water, housing, roads, jobs, healthcare, veterans assistance.

Shovel ready project. Minors tossing shovels int he dir for unranium and tailings. Sidekicks call it a remnant of the cold war and a disaster.

Navajo guy with broken down truck representing conditions on the rez asks bureaucrats in car loaded with American Rescue Plan money for help. Bureaucrats answer they will send somebody if we can find someone because they are hauling precious cargo.

Dinosaur hatches from egg labeled as all the bad things happening ont he rez: COVID-19, no water, insecure workplace, no money, health issues, no economy, social injustice, and more. Easter is written in the sky.

Coyote Touches a star and declares, M'ii Bizo'. Sidekicks proclaim, The creator of Mars.

Happy St. Patrick's day. American rescue plan. Try your luck at the casino. Tribal program and enterprise. Flat screen TV. We got all the green. Non-Navajo business say it will get to them sooner or later.

American Rescue Plan clown leads Damon and Nez in diapers and says, You guys need me since you cannot do for yourself.

Deb Haaland: Congress has never heard a voice like mine. Native warrior on a horse stands nearby, along with a tribal village in distance, and wind-powered electricity generators.

Lone Star Navajo. Woman wearing mask and basket full of corn, SPAM and Cheese telling Texans, my people have lived through disasters and survived. So will you.

Grandparents look shocked as children try to bring grandchildren over to babysit. Hazardous occupation for grandparents, who are being asked by their kids to babysit grandchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Happy Valentines Day: Cupid's bow and arrow features a COVID vaccine needle. Heart bubbles float through the air.

Portrait of Albert Hale and the Navajo Nation seal, with date of death of Feb. 2, 2021. Sidekicks say RIP.

A maskless Donald Trump, number 45, carries virus ball and proclaims at the 2021 inauguration, I was foul. So I'm taking the ball. Biden, 46, and Harris, 1, look on with big eyes and wearing masks.

Lizer vs. Nez on COVID vaccine: Lizer says, Maybe I'll just hold my breath till I get my vaccine shot. Nez shows Superman T-shirt and gets the shot.

Father Time admonishes 2021 baby to wear a mask and quarantine.

Angry Santa with lockdown orders greets Nez and Lizer hoarding CARES Act bags. Sidekicks say Merry Christmas from Navajo Times staffs.

COVID vaccine going into arm of medical worker, and little viruses running away from it.

Grinch. Coal in Christmas stockings. Nezx handing out coals, while CARS act hardship money flies away. Sidekicks say Happy Holidays!

Chapter CARES Act. Kirk wears bullet vest with bullets labeled as denied. Chapter president has denied on forehead.

Happy Thanksgiving. Sanii and Cheii wave to family wearing masks from inside their home, as the family stands outside due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Set up to fail. Navajo Nation Cares Act fund, 90 million dollars. Baker Tilly drive truck falling apart and losing wheels down rez road. Watch the road! There's no road! Drivers say.

Veterans Day. Thank you vterans. Eagle feather adorns words for Veterans Day.

Arizona champ donkey (Democrats) knocks out the elephant, Trump. Lizer hollers from the boxing ring sidelines, Get up! Nez hollers, Arizona blue!

KKK Klansman with burning cross with bag that says Vote Trump. Priest with bag that says Vote Biden. Good and evil.

Online school rez style: Kids on hill to catch wi-fi with laptops. Someone inside house hollers: Kids are in school and they're watching the sheep. No wifi signal. Sidekicks say no child left behind.

Social inequality. People on rural side of a cliff marvel at te tons of businesses, cars and well-dressed people on the other side. One rez resident tries to climb up the cliff to the other side.

Mule-drawn wagon representing Navajo Nation government with 55-gallon druyms of Navajo Carea Act fund and donations on it. Tribal council driver says, Giddy up. We have a lot of work to do. Sidekicks question hardship for council.

Masked U.S. Census taker tries to collect information on a packed household crammed into tiny hogal. One answers: As of April 2020, everybody came home because of the pandemic and we've been here ever since. Kid chimes in: No wi-fi!

COVID vaccine syringe pointing at bullseye in center of Navajo Nation map and people scattering all directions away from him. Sidekick says stay home.

Stork delivers election ballots since no babies to deliver for U.S. general election.

CARLESS Act, instead of CARES Act. Pot of money sits untouched as Navajos ask how to get the money out of the dark cave. Sidekicks say it is hidden treasure.

Navajo Code Talker Day, Aug. 14, 2020. United States Marine Corps, Navajo Windtalkers. Sidekicks say thanks for your service. Written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain light.

Grandparents yelling at granddaughter to do her homework. Sidekicks say virtual home school an finally grandparents teaching.

Buy Navajo, Buy local. But all the roadside stands are closed while gas, McDonalds and Taco Bell remain open for drive through and takeout.

Truck carries emergencies supplies for COVID relief away from Navajo families, who the families scramble for help. The dust cloud reads Navajo Nation Covid 19 Cares Act.

grim reaper Benally shouting lead us from poverty! At hemp.

Remington riflemen scaring away Lizer to Trump rally and residents fleeing. Sidekicks say Happy Independence Day.

CARES Act. Act of opposition. Damon and Nez playing tug of war with 20-dollar bill. Sidekicks say, Taking care of those who take care of you. Cough!

Herd imunity. Virus riding horses say, We're looking for stragglers. The ones that are not immune and not protected.

Reopening Navajo casinos. Casino clown welcomes all in. Title says Predatory capitalism.

Navajos in truck wearing face mask as they speed past city with water and large lake in front it, and fence blocking them from access: As long as we have water we have some hope the driver says. Sidekicks say control the water and you have everything. Hire good lawyers.

Warriors: On the let is Lock Down Rotact fighter in iron suit and shield. On the right is diaper guy with beverage in one hand, ice chest in the other, with Party Town USA on t-shirt.

Flatten the curve. Graph shows number of pounds of weight finally leveling off, as Navajo man with large belly sips on a Big Gulp drink and eats a sandwich.

Then and now: Then, parents blocking the door to keep kids out. Now: Kids blocking door to keep parents out. Sidekicks say, Be safe!

Navajo version of Rosie the Riveter with facemask on. NN loves the frontline workers. Thank you for protecting us.

FRONTLINE: Nez argues with pastor while everyone flees the church. Sidekicks say Stay Safe.

Self-quarantine. Remove the rez from the map.

Basketball referee: When we say don't touch anything, we don't mean the ball, in response to coronavirus watch.

Jack's Coronavirus: Casino Jackpot with hand sanitizer, alcohol-based. Bingo.

Modern Day Lii neel dozi. USA and RDC cowboys ride in to NPL: lands.

Basketball referee holds back the pack of players and fans for the February frenzy.

Holy Land. Man riding donkey being led to the foreign holy land anway from the Navajo Hopi land dispute area.

Census 2020: Census taker asks mom who's kid is he. Mom says Waylon Jennings, in Navajo.

The legend of the Sun Carrier. I'm tired. I want to be paid to carry the sun. I'm asking for $470 million with full coverage health insurance - Naataani Molina.

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Hogan under a moonlight night sky.

Fat Santa representing Navajo Nation budget during heydays of coal economy. Skinny Santa shown after coal shut-down.

Santa going down the chimney stack of the San Juan Power Plant. He complains: "This has to stop."

Happy Thanksgiving!

Emergence: Navao Nation Speaker and Naat'aanii Development shooting the New Mexico Medicaid Turkey. We're hungry. Nez runs with axe overhead saying we have no food or money. Molina looks away.

NTEC figure holding dead caged bird representiving sovereignty.

War on Diabetes. Executive branch hands out vegetables and fruit. Legislative branch hands out junk food.

Uranium Testing. USA Missile bears down on Navajo Reservation. Sidekick in cowboy hat, while running, says, Bombs away. Rez dog chases sidekick.

Pinon shortage. Sidekicks say No Pinions. No food. No money! People say it's the drought, it's the bark beetle.

Forward to 2020 Election,

War on Diabetes! Sidekicks say living on junk food tax. No longer a war on drugs. Nez holds evidence bag and cops hat and tells people to drop those dangerous food and raise your hands.

Miss Navajo dominates 2019 Navajo Nation Fair - Honoring Our Dine Way of Life.

Buy Navajo. Buy Local. DED booth. Dineh Chamber of Commerce sits to the side.

Wreck in the Park: LCR Vendors clash with Navajo Nation Parks and Wreck on cliff overlooking river.

Navajo Code Talker smikes with sunglasses on, reflecting World War II. Sidekicks say thanks for your service.

Nez and Lizer on Navajo Nation fair parade truck tossing out corn and other vegetables at crowd running away and covering their heads. Banner says, "Live Healthy without candy"

White van: Suspect human trafficking vehicle seen on rez. Black van: Smuggle corporate executivs to the rez to enhance economic growth and label it as BUY NAVAJO! BUY LOCAL!

Cavemen-like council delegates, and Nez, try to draw on a wall what their energy program looks like. One demands more light or stopping meeting.

Navajo Nation Council depicted as gold digger for gas and oil, coal and uranium while sun rises with water, solar and wind opportunities.

NNPD police chief being beaten on ground by law and order committee.

Young Navajo with American flag in lense of sunglasses and elders in the other lense. Happy Fourth of July, sidekicks say.

Mother Nasture with a storm of tribal problems facing her, all having to do with Council Delegates' use of alcohol on travel.

The straw that broke the camel's back: No money, no jobs, fed dependency, roads, no economy. NGS Closure. Jobs, revenue. Jane holds camel reigns. Damon carries NGS Closure straw and Jobs Revenue.

Happy Father's Day: Baby boomers, Gen X, Millenial, and Gen z.

Navajo Nation government bulldozer pushing vendors over cliff of Little Colorado Overlook.

School graduate gets congratulated by dad, who is shipping him away from home. Dad says, End of the road for youy son. Normally if we had livestock, grazing rights, homesite and a job I would ask you to stay. Times have changed.

Happy Mother's Day - mom holds bouquet of Navajo-grown hemp

THE ROCK. Rock holds Nez and Lizer by their shirt collars. Coming soon to a theater near you. Battling villains that keep 300K people in poverty with no jobs or economic developments. Sidekicks say, Nice photo-op, next to sign that says Welcome to the Rez. Another sidekick smiles.

People leaving rez, saying Bye Navajo, waving to sign that reads Buy Navajo.

Nez and Damon proclaim the sky is not falling after 100 days of cracked egg falls. Sidekicks say Happy Easter!

Lady Justice tries to play slot machines, with label of Twin Arrow Czsino PD on side of it. Justice says, "I hope I win!"

Three horsemen representing uranium, gas and coal storm a Go Green environmentalist riding a donkey. Coal asks, "You the replacement for conquest?"

NTEC and NNC workers careen downhil in NGS coal cart. NNC guy says I thought you knew what you were doing.

Voters as employer kicking out Tso & Tso carrying atwill employees paperwork and money.

A streaker runs away with briefcase full of money into Window Rock. Sidekicks say, We have a sleeper, now a streaker.

Council committee arrows aimed at people's heads. Sidekicks say Happy Valentine Day. That's not cupid arrows.

Shadow government. Politicians saw trump's shadow, so six more months of bad government in Washington.

Truck loaded with Nez and Lizer in front seat and a couple spooked people in back under piles of paperwork labeled tribal programs and layoffs. Sign reads, downsizing the tribal government ahead. Waste management.

Nez and Lizer ganged up against ongoing rez problems.

Government shutdown. Man buried to neck in snow. Snowman holds SOS sign. Sidekicks say, forecasting of conditions of things to come. Cars plod through snow-covered, ungraded road.

Navajo Nation government and lawyer saying we don't want to be responsible for lost jobs and environmental destruction caused by Navajo Generating Station.

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