Navajo News

The Navajo Nation Tribal Council has rejected a referendum that would have imposed term limits for delegates and the speaker of the council.

The Rocky Mountain News is taking an in-depth look at how Navajo uranium miners are faring in receiving compensation from the U.S. government decades after their work.

New Mexico's Public Education Department announced today that the state will become the first in the nation to adopt a Navajo language textbook on Monday at the Instructional Materials Bureau Advisory Council ...

The Navajo Nation Tribal Council has rejected a referendum that would have imposed term limits for delegates and the speaker of the council.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offered an agreement with Socorro County, among others, which asked for cooperation and participation of policy documentation.

Family of third person buried under 12-foot-wide boulder hasn't been reached yet.

The Navajo Nation Council is to consider a measure next week during its summer session that would prohibit the use of commercial tobacco in public buildings and shared public air spaces, such as fairs and ...

Gov. Bill Richardson says the state is expanding a public awareness campaign focused on American Indian communities in an effort to combat drunken driving.

The head of the Colorado health department said Friday that the state opposes the fast-tracking of the permit process for a proposed coal-fired power plant in New Mexico.

In 2006, a water well in Navajo, N.M., within the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority system was found to be susceptible to radionuclide contamination and was shut down.

Morgan Spurlock's "30 days on the Navajo Reservation" was broadcast Tuesday night on the FX network, and the show received generally positive comments from Navajo residents.

Only nine Navajo Nation chapters have earned Local Governance Act certification in as many years, a condition that is prompting tribal leaders to reignite interest.

BELOW : A man is silhouetted against a ferris wheel during the Saturday's carnival at the Navajo Nation Fourth of July Celebration in Window Rock.

Morgan Spurlock experiences life in many different ways, spending 30 days living in someone else's shoes.

A group of select students from Mesa Alta Junior High School learned about culture, writing and personal growth from an unlikely source this summer - sheep.

Annie "Grandma" Holyan-Dennison, 80, shown next to a portrait of her late great-grandfather, Chief Manuelito, on June 13 at her home north of Tohatchi, N.M. NASCHITTI, N.M., July 3, 2008 T he vast openness of ...

Albuquerque drivers continue to get an advantage at the pump as gas prices rise around New Mexico.

Rising fuel costs have put the gas station in this roadside community in high demand.

Unlike most of the vast, impoverished Navajo Nation, in this town all the roads are paved, schools and clinics are a short drive away, and everyone has electricity and running water in their homes.

More than half of the Navajo Nation's council delegates doubled their base salaries in 2007 through payments for meeting attendance and sponsoring legislation.