Politics

The Navajo Election Administration has a problem as it prepares to hold the July 21 special referendum on the Navajo fluency problem – problems that center around the Navajo language.

Some allottees in Eastern Navajo Agency question why Daniel Tso is hugging the head of the Bureau of Land Management on the front page of the Farmington Daily Times.

Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye continues to bypass the good ol’ boy network and appoint Navajos with solid backgrounds from off the reservation.

Nine hats are in the ring for the Navajo Nation Council seat vacated by Jonathan Nez when he was elected vice president, representing one of the most sparsely populated and far-flung areas of the reservation.

James Frank Adakai, Billy Goodman Jr., and Elizabeth Whitethorne-Benally are running for a seat on the 23rd Navajo Nation Council.