Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren's Weekly Radio Address (in Diné Bizaad)
Thursday, May 2, 2024
1. Introduction
2. Upcoming Holidays or Appreciation Days
- May is Mental Health Awareness Month
3. Local Announcements
- On May 15, a Health Expo will be held at the Navajo Nation Museum from 10am to 2pm. Free to the public.
- Applications are now available for the 2024 Annual Youth Hunt until June 14 (www.nndfw.org)
- The filing deadline for the 2024 Chapter Elections is Wednesday, May 8 (https://navajoelections.navajo-nsn.gov)
- Missing Navajo People: 27-year-old Twilena Rose Begay; 43-year-old Celena Anne Manygoats.
4. This Time In History
- 13-year-old Cari Lightner was struck by a drunk driver in 1980 leading to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
5. Navajo Life Lesson
6. A Few of the Week's Accomplishments
- I signed a $864,000 intergovernmental agreement with the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department for the Navajo Code Talker Museum.
- I signed a $425,000 service contract between NDOT and a Navajo contractor for N8073 near Pinon, AZ.
- I signed a proclamation recognizing Teacher Appreciation Week May 6 through May 10.
- I signed a $5 million grant agreement with Navajo Nation Oil & Gas Co. to bring a convenience store to Lupton, AZ.
7. Major Projects I am Working On
- In the ongoing Pinyon Plains mining issue, I signed a resolution to urge U.S. leadership to halt uranium ore transport across Navajo Nation lands.
- Water Projects: I signed legislation approving $2.5 million in water line extensions for Rock Point, Rough Rock, and Kin Dah Lichii families.
- Train derailment in Lupton on Friday, April 26.
- In supporting chapters, I approved $4.8 million from the Síhásin Fund to rebuild the demolished Cameron Chapter House.
8. Meet & Greets
- 28 Navajo students are graduating from San Juan College and NTU's PNM Navajo Nation Workforce Scholarship program.
- We celebrated the San Tan Charter's boys basketball 2A championship team at the office.
- The 2024-2025 Miss Indian World stopped by the Office of the President and Vice President.
9. Upcoming Events in the Coming Week
- Groundbreaking for the office building in Crownpoint, N.M.
- This Saturday is the 41st Shiprock Marathon and Dash-4-Cash Horse Race.
- On Monday, I will meet the New Mexico Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jamison Herrera.
- I will be in Washington, D.C. for federal meetings and provide testimony to Congress.
10. Closing: Thank you and tune in each week.
