By Felicia Fonseca
Flagstaff, Arizona (AP)
On the western side of the Navajo Nation where residents were banned from making any improvements to their homes for more than 40 years, it’s no wonder that housing is a top priority.
A recent preliminary study found that 77 percent of the homes in the area known as the former Bennett Freeze aren’t suitable to live in, more than 40 percent of homes don’t have electricity and 10 percent of residents make almost daily trips to haul water.
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By Felicia Fonseca
Window Rock, Arizona (AP)
More than half of the Navajo Nation’s council delegates doubled their base salaries in 2007 through payments for meeting attendance and sponsoring legislation.
An Associated Press review of the lawmakers’ pay shows...07-09-2008, 10:41 AM -
By Felicia Fonseca
Flagstaff, Arizona (AP)
Navajo Nation lawmakers voted July 23 to table a measure to repeal a set of laws based on the tribe’s centuries-old traditional values and customs.
The Dine Fundamental Laws were codified in 2002 over concerns that the...07-30-2009, 02:50 PM -
Crownpoint, New Mexico (AP)
Authorities have arrested two dozen people in an effort to curb violent crime on the eastern side of the Navajo Nation.
The misdemeanor and felony charges included drunken driving, child abuse and aggravated battery.
The Navajo...05-06-2010, 04:28 PM -
Alburquerque, New Mexico (AP)
A company owned by American Indians has been awarded more than $500,000 to bring electricity from solar power to Navajo Nation homes that now lack electricity.
Sacred Power Inc. of Albuquerque was awarded the grant through the U.S. Department...07-06-2009, 09:50 AM -
By Felicia Fonseca
Flagstaff, Arizona (AP)
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is reconsidering a decision on a right-of-way easement for an electrical transmission line that is expected to carry energy from the Navajo Nation to areas across the Southwest.
The federal...03-12-2009, 03:25 PM