Simba won second place in the National Dog Day Gallup Sun contest on Facebook Aug. 26. with 28 votes. Photo Credit: Inez Ortiz

From left, Mike Sekia and Donald Kline, of Veterans Helping Veterans, shake students hands during Hozho Academy’s tribute to the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.  Photo Credit: Raenona Harvey

WASHINGTON D.C. – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez met with members of the U.S. House and Senate Sept. 11 and 12 on Capitol Hill, to advocate for and speak on behalf of the Navajo people on several issues including the reauthorization of the Radiation and Exposure Compensation Act, the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act, diabetes prevention, the protection of the Chaco Landscape in New Mexico, continuation of the Office of the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation, public safety, and more.

Several members of the 24th Navajo Nation Council also joined Nez for several of the meetings to speak on behalf of the Navajo communities that they represent, including Council Delegates Kee...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of approximately 560 acres of federal lands to the U.S. Department of the Army to build roughly 70 miles of border barriers. This action comes in response to a series of applications for emergency withdrawal as submitted by the Army for construction or augmentation of barriers along the southern border. No national parks nor segments from Indian country are included in the land transfer.

The Army submitted its requests following President Proclamation 9844, issued by President Donald Trump on Feb. 15, declaring a national emergency regarding the border security and...