Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren’s Weekly Address (in Diné Bizaad)
Thursday, March 14, 2024
1. Introduction
2. Upcoming Holidays or Appreciation Days
- Sunday is St. Patty’s Day!
3. Local Announcements
- Kayenta VA Clinic’s grand opening event on Mar. 20 at 11am.
- NN EPA will host a job fair at the Navajo Nation Museum on Mar. 20 starting at 9am.
- NN Sportsman’s Expo next Thursday and Friday, Mar. 22 & 23, at the Navajo Nation Museum.
- NN TV & Film is casting for film crews and talent Mar. 27, 28, 29 (928-871-7828).
- Miss Navajo will house Eggstravaganza at the Navajo Nation Museum on March 30.
- Missing Navajo People: 45-year-old Shawn Wesley Tsosie.
- Located Navajo People: Katrina Benally and Sheridan Ute have been found and are safe.
4. What is Happening In the World
- Lilly Gladstone and Osage Drummers honored at Oscars.
5. This Time in History
- West Point turned 222 years old.
- Congress signed the Forest Reserve Act into law in 1891.
6. Navajo Life Lesson
- “T’áá hwó’ájít’éego, t’éiyá.”
7. A Few of the Week’s Accomplishments
- Navajo Nation averted shutdown of victims services with $750,000 grant agreement with UNHS (Utah).
- Mitten Rock Auto Shop business site leasing signing.
- Navajo Nation signs Mutual Aid Agreement with City of Page.
- Heating and air conditioning updates for Red Mesa, Nageezi, Two Grey Hills, and Teec Nos Pos senior centers.
- Oaksprings Chapter projects groundbreaking, renovations for kitchens and chapter house building.
8. Major Projects I am Working On
- NNVA pushes for New Mexico clinics.
- RECA amendments passed U.S. Senate with 69 majority.
- Navajo DOT working on 12 ARPA plans, delivers updates on $121 million in roads and related projects.
- DSS working on team building between programs.
9. Meet & Greets
- National Center for American Indian Economic Development’s Reservation Economic Summit panel.
- Lechee leadership meeting with officials.
10. Upcoming Events
- Navajo Police Training Academy Class 59 graduation.
- NM high school state basketball championships.
- Western and Northern Agency Council Meetings on Saturday.
11. Closing: Thank you, and tune in each Thursday!
