Opinion

Guest Column: Miss Navajo 5K Monster Dash a success

Posted by Navajo Times | Oct 30, 2014 | Guest Essay |

Miss Navajo Nation’s 5K Monster Dash Fun Run held Oct. 25 at Oak Springs Chapter House was a success. I would like to thank the surrounding communities for coming out to Oak Springs and supporting the message of health and wellness.

Letters: ‘Desperately need new leadership’

Posted by Navajo Times | Oct 30, 2014 | Letters |

You have heard me say many times, “Navajo has an identity crisis.” The recent uproar...

Letters: Nation needs a paradigm shift

Posted by Navajo Times | Oct 23, 2014 | Letters |

The Navajo Nation needs a paradigm shift (distinct concept or thought pattern) in that their language historically contributed to this country and the world, but its leadership to date has failed the nation on many local issues because it tends to keep out its best members who went outside the nation to get an education.

Editorial: What to do with $554 million? Fertilize the grassroots

Posted by Cindy Yurth | Oct 23, 2014 | Opinion |

Once again, no one is asking me what to do with the $554 million settlement the Navajo Nation recently won from the federal government.

I don’t blame them. I’m not Navajo, and I’ve lived on the reservation less than 10 years.

Letters: ‘I have lost faith in judicial system’

Posted by Navajo Times | Oct 16, 2014 | Letters |

It was heartbreaking to witness Chief Justice Herb Yazzie, Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley, and Associate Justice Irene Black, whose generation experienced firsthand the loss of our beautiful Navajo language, not have the courage to make a just ruling.