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Chapter officials operating out of a Chapter House register voters who may then vote to elect Delegates for the Navajo Nation Council or the President of the Navajo Nation. The following table contains chapter names, chapter names in Navajo, a rough literal English translation, population, and land area estimates.
A chapter is the most local form of government on the Navajo Nation. The Nation is broken into five agencies. Each agency contains chapters; currently there are 110 local chapters, each with their own chapter house. [1] Chapters are semi-self autonomous, being able to decide most matters which concern their own chapter.
On January 15, 2019, the 24th Navajo Nation Council took their oath of office at noon during the 2019 Navajo Nation Inauguration at the Bee Holdzil Fighting Scouts Events Center in Fort Defiance, Ariz. Following the inaugural event, the 24-member council convened for a special session to consider Legislation No. 0001-19 to select a speaker pro tem.
In December 2010, the President and Navajo Council approved a proposal by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), an enterprise of the Navajo Nation, and Edison Mission Energy to develop an 85-megawatt wind project at Big Boquillas Ranch, which is owned by the Navajo Nation and is located 80 miles west of Flagstaff. The NTUA plans to ...
The Navajo Nation Code defines who may become or act as president upon the absence of a sitting president or a president-elect. Should the president, under circumstances outlined in the Navajo Nation Code at §1005(d)-1006, be unable to serve out his full term, then the vice president shall act in his place for the remainder of the term, or until the president is able to resume his duties ...
That move, heralded by Pueblo tribes, some Navajos and environmentalists, was panned by the Navajo Nation, which said the ban could impede local Navajo residents' ability to make a living by ...
Claw served as the vice president of the Chinle Chapter. [2] During her time as vice president, she identified many unmet needs in her community, which ultimately motivated her to seek a higher office. [2] Upon Claw's election to the Navajo Nation Council, she became the first woman to represent Chinle in this role. [2] She succeeded Eugene Tso ...
Officials with Coconino County and the Navajo Nation said Energy Fuels verbally agreed — but is not required to — give communities along the route at least a week’s notice before any truck hauled uranium through them. Nygren said the tribe got a notification Tuesday that trucks had left the mine site and were driving north through Flagstaff.