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Yá’át’ééh,
A lot has happened in the last three weeks since we last wrote. The biggest event that we failed to cover was that the Navajo Nation Council convened for their Winter Session, at which President Nygren was invited to present his State of the Nation address and answer their questions.
On the first day of the session, former Speaker Seth Damon stepped down from his position in the Council to start a new role with the New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs. We will miss him and his advocacy for his communities in the Navajo Nation, but we look forward to continuing to work with him in his new role with the New Mexico government.
Most of our staff were occupied with training during the Council session, and we are just now getting things back up to speed in our D.C. office. We apologize for anyone who visited us while we were out.
In this week's edition of the Wááshindoon Weekly, we cover some of the attention that the MMIW movement has gotten in the U.S. Capital, including an awards ceremony for some Navajo advocates and a bill that could potentially help victims. We will also look at the work of the White House to make grant opportunities more easily accessible to tribes.
We also look forward to talking again soon and to bring more updates from Wááshindoon.
Ahéheeʼ
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