WASHINGTON – For the first time since 2016, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren today signed a warranty deed to take land into trust along U.S. Highway 89 near Flagstaff.

“The Navajo Nation appreciates the BIA's efforts to work with us to get this application approved,” the President said at a signing ceremony here. “These lands that are taken into trust for the Navajo Nation are part of the federal government's obligations to provide support for Navajos in Arizona who were forcibly relocated by the federal government through the 1974 Settlement Act.”


The last and only time land was taken into trust for fee-to-trust for the Navajo Nation was in Sept. 2016 for 85.68 acres in...

SANTA FE — Several immigrant-based and immigrant-serving organizations came together on Nov. 22 at the Roundhouse to promote critical measures in 2025 aimed at defending immigrant workers and families.

Immigrant workers, entrepreneurs, and consumers are essential to the state’s economy. The proposed initiatives focus on preventing the misuse of public resources for detention, deportation and advocating for the economic well-being of mixed-status families.

In New Mexico, immigrants represent 11% of the workforce and play a dominant role in key sectors such as construction, agriculture, accommodation and food services, and oil and gas. Furthermore, the hundreds of billions of...

SANTA FE  — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement on the death of former U.S. Senator Fred Harris on Nov. 22.

“I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my longtime friend Fred Harris today," she said. "Harris was a towering presence in politics and in academia, and his work over many decades improved New Mexico and the nation. During a long and distinguished career, Harris served as a two-term Democratic senator from Oklahoma, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and later as a beloved and respected professor of political science at the University of New Mexico."

Lujan Grisham continued by listing some of the highlights of Harris' career...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council gathered to support tribal responsibility in protecting sacred ceremonies and medicines during a panel at the American Indian Religious Freedom Summit on Nov. 19.

The summit, organized by the Native American Church of North America and the National Congress of American Indians, brought together tribal leaders including Council Delegates Germaine Simonson, Cherilyn Yazzie, Shawna Ann Claw, Navajo Nation Vice President Richelle Montoya, and Gov. Reggie Wassana of the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. The panel was moderated by Navajo attorney Justin Jones.

The panelists reflected on Public Law 103-344, the American Indian...