Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren's Weekly Radio Address
Thursday, February 8, 2024
1. Introduction
- Clans
- Location: Washington, D.C. this morning.
2. Upcoming Holidays or Appreciation Days
- Superbowl LVIII is this Sunday: San Francisco 49ers vs Kansas City Chiefs.
3. Local Announcements
- Navajo Nation Police is now hiring a Human Resources Manager (visit www.dpm.navajo-nsn.gov/jobs for more detail)
- Navajo Water Rights Public Education Meetings are continuing 2/9, 2/12, and 2/16 (visit nnwrc.navajo-nsn.gov for more detail)
- Navajo Nation Resource Fair is coming to Salt Lake City on 2/15 and 2/16
- Missing Navajo People: 46-year-old Kathleen Ann Cly.
- Located Navajo People: Tyson Tsosie.
4. What is Happening in the World
- U.S. Senate unveils $118 Billion bill on border security
5. Navajo Life Lesson
6. A Few of the Week's Accomplishments
- $446,595 for 11 transport vans for Tohatchi Area of Opportunity and Services (TAOS) Inc.
- $3.5M to pay out pandemic-era excess annual leave for Navajo Nation employees that worked
- $500,000 grant for Utah State University's Monument Valley campus new building construction
- Navajo Nation Veterans Administration assisted veteran VA disability claim back pay
- South Fork Road (Church Rock) road improvement project kicks off
7. Major Projects I am Working On
- Taxation of businesses, like Amazon, that operate on the Navajo Nation
- New Mexico State partnership on broadband with the Navajo Nation Broadband Office
- Updates with the Budget and Finance Committee on ARPA expenditures
- One Generation partnership to get more computer science programs into schools
8. Meet & Greets
- New Mexico State legislative session and leadership (Last Thursday)
9. Upcoming Events in the Coming Week
- Feb. 14, '24: Navajo Trails and Outdoor Recreation Conference at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, AZ.
- This week: Business Site Lease signing for Navajo Nation Oil and Gas's redevelopment of the Chinle Chevron service station and convenience store.
10. Closing: Thank you and tune in each week!
