FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 19, 2017
MEDIA CONTACTS
Jared Touchin (928) 221-9253
Jolene Holgate (928) 380-4174
Crystalyne Curley (928) 286-7918
[email protected]
NavajoNationCounciltoholdWinter
SessionattheDepartmentofDinéEducation
WINDOWROCK–The23rdNavajoNationCouncilisscheduledtoconvenefortheopeningdayof
theWinterCouncilSessiononJan.23,whichwillbeheldattheDepartmentofDinéEducation
auditoriuminWindowRock,duetotheongoingrenovationoftheCouncilChamber.
AspreviouslyreportedbySpeakerLoRenzoBates(Nenahnezad,Newcomb,SanJuan,TiisTsoh
Sikaad,Tse’Daa’Kaan,UpperFruitland),therenovationoftheCouncilChamberbeganin
DecemberandistentativelyscheduledtoconcludeinApril.
“OnbehalfoftheNavajoNationCouncil,wewelcomeallofourpeopletoattendnextweek’s
sessionortowatchthelivestreamingoftheproceedings,”statedSpeakerBates.“Wealsoextend
ourappreciationtotheDepartmentofDinéEducationfortheirhospitalitybyallowingtheCouncil
toutilizetheirfacility.”
OntheopeningdayofthesessiononMonday,studentswiththeChinleHighSchoolJROTCwill
postthecolors,2016-2017MissWesternNavajoJackieJohnsonwillsingtheNationalAnthem,
studentsfromtheFortDefianceHeadStartprogramwillleadthePledgeofAllegianceand
provideaNavajosongperformance,andtraditionalpractitionerwiththeNavajoNation
BehavioralHealthServicesRitaGilmorewillprovidetheinvocation.
TheCouncil’sfirstorderofbusinesswillbetheselectionandconfirmationofadelegatetoservea
two-yeartermastheSpeakerofthe23rdNavajoNationCouncil.InaccordancewithTitleIIofthe
NavajoNationCode,CouncilmembersarerequiredtoselectaSpeakerateachWinterCouncil
Sessionthatoccursonanyoddnumberedyear.
OntheopeningdaytheCouncilisalsoscheduledtoreceiveoralreportsfromtheBureauofIndian
Affairs,IndianHealthServices,OfficeoftheController,OfficeoftheAttorneyGeneral,Acting
ChiefJusticeAllenSloan,DinéCollege,andRehobothMcKinleyChristianHealthCare.
OnTuesday,theCouncilwillbeginconsidering17legislationsthatarelistedontheproposed
agenda.Toviewtheproposedagenda,pleasevisitnavajonationcouncil.org.
InpartnershipwiththeOfficeofBroadcastServices,theNavajoNationCouncilwilllive-stream
theWinterCouncilSessionontheCouncil’sdesignatedUstreamchannel.Toviewlive-
proceedingsduringthesession,pleasevisitustream.tvandsearchfor‘NavajoNationCouncil’in
thesearchbox.
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