Slideshow | Fall session opens with advocacy, debate
Navajo Times | Sharon Chischilly
Vice President Richelle Montoya listens during the opening day of the Navajo Nation Council’s fall session in Window Rock Monday afternoon, Oct. 19. President Buu Nygren did not attend or deliver his State of the Navajo Nation address.
WINDOW ROCK
Delegates attend the opening day of the Navajo Nation Council’s fall session at the Council Chamber Monday evening, Oct. 19.
The session is scheduled through Friday, Oct. 23. Items on the posted approved agenda include executive appointments, a two-year extension for spending Síhasin funds on chapter projects and a proposed referendum asking voters whether to raise delegates’ annual salaries from $25,000 to $70,000.
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