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Navajo Council Speaker's 2024 Fall Session report addresses key issues, initiatives

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Speaker’s Report was accepted with unanimous approval by the 25th Navajo Nation Council during the 2024 Fall Session on Oct. 21, addressing key issues and initiatives.

Speaker Crystalyne Curley highlighted the Council’s unanimous passage of the six-month Fiscal Year 2025 Continuing...

Navajo Nation Council advocates for Navajo students, families at N.M. education summit

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SANTA FE — Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley and Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty made a passionate call for adequate funding, through a student count based formula, for Navajo students during the New Mexico Government to Government Indian Education Summit on Oct. 16.

The summit, held annually to discuss key issues affecting Indigenous education, provides a critical platform for New Mexico tribes to highlight the pressing educational needs of Native American students across the state.

During the summit, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham requested input and recommendations from tribal leaders, regarding the educational funding distribution formula, literacy...

Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel, Sr. passes away at 107 years old

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. —  Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr. died on Oct. 19 at the age of 107.

Kinsel served as a Navajo Code Talker in World War II in the 9th Marine Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was among the brave Navajo men who used the Diné language to develop an unbreakable code during World War II, contributing to the U.S.’s victory.

He was born and resided in Lukachukai, Ariz., where he grew up immersed in Navajo traditions and culture. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, joining the elite group of Navajo Code Talkers who played a critical role in military communications.

The Navajo Code, based on the Navajo language...

Gov. announces ‘Breaking Bad Habits’ campaign

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Bryan CRANSTON reprises famous role for ad

ALBUQUERQUE  —  Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced an exciting new collaboration with Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston that resurrects Walter White—the iconic fictional Breaking Bad character—to help reduce litter in New Mexico on Oct. 17.

The governor joined state and city officials, Boys and Girls Club volunteers and others at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe to announce the statewide beautification campaign. The news conference included the premier of two new television ads directed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and featuring Cranston as Walter White.

The ads—one 30 seconds and one 15 seconds—depict an...

Gov. declares emergency in response to Roswell flooding

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ROSWELL, N.M.  — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an emergency declaration for Chaves County on Oct. 21 that unlocks $1 million in state funding to bolster flooding relief efforts in and around Roswell, N.M.

First responders have rescued more than 300 people since the torrential flooding began in Chaves County on Oct. 19. The governor traveled to Roswell on Oct. 21.

“My declaration of a state of emergency for Chavez County will help support local recovery efforts in the aftermath of historic and severe flooding in and around Roswell,” Lujan Grisham said. ”I’m grateful for the swift actions taken by local authorities and our state departments to help communities in need...

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