Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren's Weekly Radio Address (in Diné Bizaad)
Thursday, May 08, 2025
1. Introduction
2. Upcoming Holidays and Appreciation Day
- Mother's Day celebration this weekend
- Honoring the matriarchs who pass down strength, culture, and teachings of ke' and hozho
3. Local Announcements
- Missing person: Matthias Cody Slim, 29, last seen April 25 in Window Rock, AZ
- Located: Rashaun John has been found and is safe
4. Accomplishments
- Executive Order No. 02-2025 signed to address MMIP crisis on Navajo Nation
- Navajo Nation expands near Flagstaff with 13.79-acre annexation
- $43 million contract signed with B4 Enterprises for LeChee Water Improvements Project
- Data sharing agreement with Navajo Epidemiology Center and New Mexico to improve public health data
- President engaged with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and FBI Director Kash Patel in Washington D.C.
5. Major Projects
- Annual MMIR walk and conference held in Chinle by Ama doo alchini Bighan, Inc.
- Division of General Services celebrates Earth Day with office cleaning and highway cleanup
- Food distributions continue from NAPI to Coalmine Canyon and Navajo Mountain chapters
6. Meet and Greets
- President attends University of Utah commencement, celebrating 22 Diné graduates
- Western Navajo Elderly Pageant celebration with 14 senior centers participating
7. Upcoming Events
- Navajo Nation Police Officer Day on May 12
- Dash For Cash annual horse race on May 10 in Teec Nos Pos
- Celebrating graduates across the Navajo Nation
8. Closing: Thank you and tune in next week!
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