Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren's Weekly Radio Address (in Diné Bizaad)
Thursday, December 25, 2025
1. Introduction
2. Christmas Message
- Heartfelt Christmas greetings to community members, chapter officials, delegates, and partners
- Season of kinship, faith, and collective responsibility
- Honoring elders' teachings and celebrating youth's dreams and resilience
- Gratitude for chapter officials, public safety officers, community health representatives
- Appreciation for state and federal partners in public safety, healthcare, education, housing, economic development
- Remembering those facing hardship, loss, or loneliness
- Guided by values of respect, unity, and perseverance
3. Local Announcements
- Missing person: Maily Constance Dwarf, 17, last seen Friday, December 19, 2025 in Whippoorwill, AZ
- Missing person: Marlon Bede, 17, last seen in Whippoorwill, AZ, last contacted Friday, December 19, 2025
- Contact 928-674-2111 if you have any information
4. Accomplishments
- Meeting with author Jenessa Parker on language revitalization and cultural preservation
- "I Am the Sun" children's book captures cultural aspects of being Navajo
- Discussion of translating book into Navajo-English, adding Navajo titles, recording audio
- Collaboration with Navajo language advisor Peter Thomas
- NNVA housing update: 100 home remodels completed with Sparrow Group contractor
- $10.7 million contract supporting improvements in remote areas
- Upgrades include roofing systems, energy efficient windows, safer heating, low maintenance materials
- 192 veterans, surviving spouses, and Gold Star parents remain on waiting list
- Oak Springs key turning ceremony: three families received manufactured homes
- Fruit baskets and holiday hams provided to families
- Ramah Chapter House grand opening December 23: $2 million+ from Capital Outlay, Síhasin, and chapter funds
5. Major Projects
- Meeting with Kelly Wood of Thrive Modern Wellness for proposed zero-cost wellness program
- Program includes red light therapy, saunas, yoga, breathwork, stress-reduction sessions
- Collaboration with Hózhó Total Wellness and Division of Health
- NTUA and Lion Point Capital clean energy and economic development initiatives
- Data center hub planned for San Juan region with manufacturing and energy generation
- Land readiness completed: community resolutions, environmental reviews, cultural clearances
- Nenahnezaad and San Juan Chapters express full support for projects
- Coat distributions continued at Shiprock High School, Tolani Lake, Ojo Amarillo, Jones Ranch/Chichiltah, Little Singer School
- NAPI food distributions in Aneth and Greasewood Springs: potatoes, corn meal, pinto beans
- Central Agency working with Capital Projects Management on Lukachukai and Round Rock Senior Center projects
- Round Rock Senior Center HVAC issues being addressed
6. Upcoming Events
- Tuesday, January 13: 3rd People's State of the Navajo Nation at Shiprock High School at 8 AM
- Direct report to Northern Agency community
- Previous reports held in Fort Defiance (Window Rock) and Western Agency (Tuba City)
- Resources and program information available
7. Closing: Thank you and tune in next week!
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