Tag: Buu Nygren
Tribes hope Joe Biden’s Arizona visit means long-sought Grand Canyon monument...
Advocates for limiting mining around Grand Canyon National Park expressed hope Monday that a new national monument would preserve the land for...
Navajo Nation leader says Joe Biden energy policies cripple tribe’s economy
Members of the Navajo Nation in southeastern U.S. say the federal government is leaving their people behind with its energy policies, crippling...
Gov. Katie Hobbs laments Tribes’ lack of ‘seat at the table’...
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs addressed Navajo Nation leaders on Monday as part of an effort by the administration to grow relationships with...
Oil and gas withdrawal around U.S. park stirs debate over economic...
Some Republican members of Congress on Thursday denounced the Biden administration’s recent move to withdraw hundreds of square miles of federal land in New...
Supreme Court ruling complicates Navajo Nation’s fight for more water
On some parts of the Navajo Nation, where roughly a third of the people lack reliable access to clean water, people have...
Ex-Navajo President Peterson Zah, guided by love for people, dies
Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings...
Interior: $580M headed to 15 tribes to fulfill water rights
Fifteen Native American tribes will get a total of $580 million in federal money this year for water rights settlements, the Biden...
Buu Nygren sworn in as next Navajo Nation president
Buu Nygren was sworn in Tuesday as the next president of the vast Navajo Nation, a job that will test his ability...
Jonathan Nez selects political newcomer Chad Abeyta as VP candidate
Navajo President Jonathan Nez announced Monday that he’s selected a political newcomer who is a lawyer and Air Force veteran to be...
