Navajo Nation

A quick-strike crew of Navajo firefighters and utility workers are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of the Eaton Fire that rampaged through the Los Angeles area.

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up a million cubic yards of radioactive waste at abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation near Gallup, New Mexico.

Charles “Monty” Roessel, a former director of the federal Bureau of Indian Education and president of the first tribal college to be established in the U.S., has died.

President Buu Nygren signed legislation last week officially recognizing the Navajo language, Diné Bizaad, as the nation’s official language.

After the announcement that an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren required no future investigation, Navajo Nation Vice President Richelle Montoya said she wants the full report to be released.

The Apache County Board of Supervisors has voted to appoint Navajo Nation First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren as county attorney, making her the first Indigenous woman to serve in the role.

The Navajo Nation attorney general says an independent third-party investigation shows President Buu Nygren did not sexually harass Vice President Richelle Montoya.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren says the 76 newly-built manufactured homes were provided based on need, with priority given to elders and vulnerable community members.

In the four-part series, Houston-based journalist Charly Edsitty examines the struggle to secure reliable water resources and a historic settlement that could grant tribes long-awaited access to the Colorado River.

A judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Navajo Nation against Apache County over delays in processing early ballots.