Search Menu State of the Navajo Nation STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2021 FALL SESSION PRESENTED OCTOBER 2021 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer Open link 2021 SUMMER SESSION 2021 SUMMER SESSION PRESENTED JULY 2021 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer Open link 2021 Spring Session 2021 SPRING SESSION PRESENTED APRIL 2021 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  Thanking 24th Navajo Nation Council  Pausing Use Johnson and Johnson Vaccine on the Navajo Nation  Thanking Indian Health Service Acting Director Elizabeth Fowler for her service  Working with Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland  American Rescue Plan Act  Meeting with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and U.S Deputy Assistant Secretary Arlando Teller  N11 Road Improvement Project  Honoring and thanking the late Nelson S. Begaye for his service to the Navajo Nation  Navajo Veterans Adminstration Housing manufacturing facility  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development providing $50 million to Navajo Nation  Red Mesa Tapha Solar Generation Plant and Cameron Solar Generation Plant  Expanding broadband and internet connectivity on Navajo  New Heavy Equipment for Navajo Chapters  Securing $14.9 million for Capital Outlay and thanking New Mexico Govern Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing House Bill 285  Testimony before U.S. Subcommittee for Radiation Exposure Compensation Act  $50 million from Sihasin Fund for Navajo students  Approval of the Permanent Trust Fund Five-Year Plan Open link State of the Navajo Nation Address 2021 WINTER SESSION PRESENTED JANUARY 2021 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  Thanking 24th Navajo Nation Council  Congratulations to Honorable Deb Haaland for Appointment to serve as new Secretary of the Interior  Working with President Biden and Vice President Harris Administration  COVID-19 Update on Navajo Nation  Thanking NTUA for their service  Increasing Internet and Cell Phone Connectivity  Navajo Nation 57-Hour Weekend Curfew lifted for more vaccinations to take place  Navajo Nation Breast Cancer Awareness Month  Thanking Office of the Controller for CARES Act Hardship Assistance Program  Schooling to continue online for Navajo Nation schools  Reauthorization of Healthy Diné Nation Act  Navajo Nation Division of Transportation makes great progess on roads  Navajo Police Training Academy graduates eight new officers  Navajo Nation Veterans Adminstration puts new plan in for housing manufacturing facility  Support confirmation on new appointment of Valinda Shirley for EPA Executive Director Open link State of the Navajo Nation Address 2020 FALL SESSION PRESENTED OCTOBER 2020 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  CARES Act Hardship Fund and Chapter Funding  FY2021 Comprehensive Budget  Vote in the November 3rd General Election  279 families connected to electric grid using CARES Act Funds  Nearly $7.7 million in CARES Act relief funds distributed to artisans and businesses  Increasing Internet and Cell Phone Connectivity  Navajo Nation and Indian Health Service making progress with water points and safe water storage projects using CARES Act Funds  Navajo Nation Breast Cancer Awareness Month  President Nez and Vice President Lizer proclaim "Navajo Nation Domestic Violence Awarenss Month"  2020 Census on the Navajo Nation Open link STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2020 SUMMER SESSION PRESENTED JULY 2020 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  CARES Act Funding  FY2021 Comprehensive Budget  MOA for Navajo Nation/IHS Water Projects  Phased-in Reopening Plan for the Navajo Nation  The New School Year  Burial Assistance Related to COVID-19  Drought Delcaration  The Navajo People's Right to Vote  Protecting the Voices of the Navajo People  Clean Water Act Lawsuit  Family Dollar Liquor Applications  Navajo Health Command Operations Center Report Open link STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2020 SPRING SESSION PRESENTED APRIL 2020 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  Navajo Nation COVID-19 Preparedness Team  Public Health State of Emergency Declared  Case Data and Public Information  $4 Million Appropriation  $1.3 Million for Chapters  Public Health Emergency Orders  Donations  Alternative Care Sites  Public Outreach  Operation First of the Month  Roadways and Tourism  Federal Stimulus Bills  Rhino Health, LLC Glove Factory  "Keeping American Connected Pledge"  FCC Grants Access to Expand Broadband  Alcohol Sales in Border Towns Open link STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2020 WINTER SESSION PRESENTED JANUARY 2020 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  A New Vision for Energy Development  Navajo Engery Office  Solar Development Projects  Acquisition of 500 Megawatts Transmission  Just Transition Fund  Permanent Trust Fund Interest Income Five-Year Plan  Additional Resources for Division of Community Development  A Step Forward for Road Improvements  $50 Million Investment in Scholarships  Navajo Nation Board of Education  UofA Navajo Law Fellowship Program  Financial Assistance for Navajo Veterans  Financing Public Safety/Judicial Facilities  Managed Health Care in the State of New Mexico  Supporting Lee Bergen for New Mexico Court of Appeals  New Jobs for Navajo People  Completion of Earthen Dam Repairs  President Trump signs Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Executive Order Open link STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2019 FALL SESSION PRESENTED OCTOBER 2019 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message - President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  Comprehensive Budget Reform  Yes to $50 Million Scholarship Initiatives  Navajo Energy Initiatives  Shiprock Women and Children's Home  War on Diabetes  New Mexico's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force  Housing Manufacturing Facilities  Non-Emergency Medical Transportation  Road Improvements  Navajo Veterans Issues  Support for Navajo Uranium Workers/Victims  Navajo Thaw Implementation Plan  Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act  Navajo Police Academy Graduates  Crownpoint community reaches another milestone Open link STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2019 SUMMER SESSION PRESENTED JULY 15, 2019 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  Budget Priorities  FEMA Disaster Declaration Agreement  Support for Youth Centers  The Healthy Diné Nation Act  Supporting for RECA Amendments  Ensuring a Successful 2020 Census Count  NGS Decommissioning  Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019  Grazing Permits  Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives  Protection of the Chaco Landscapes  Navajo Nation Veterans Summit  Improving the Medical Needs for the Navajo People  Kayenta Diversion Dam  Working Together for Water Resources Open link STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2019 SPRING SESSION PRESENTED APRIL 15, 2019 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Welcome Message President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer  $28 million secured for Capital Outlay Fund projects  A New Direction for Energy Development on the Navajo Nation  "Buy Navajo, Buy Local" - Navajo Sovereignty Day  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Awareness Month  Nahata Dziil Shopping Center  State of New Mexico replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day  Protecting the Greater Chaco Landscape  Newcomb Home Modernization Project  Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act  Diné bi Beeso Baa’á’hályą́’ – Task Force  Call for a Navajo Food Policy  2019 Navajo Nation Spelling Bee Champion  Nez-Lizer Administration Open link STATE OF THE NAVAJO NATION ADDRESS 2019 WINTER SESSION PRESENTED JANUARY 2019 @ 24TH NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL  Message from the President and Vice President  Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President Jonathan Nez and Myron Lizer Administration  Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President Priorities Statement  Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President First Lady Phefelia Herbert-Nez Second Lady Dottie Lizer Open link     GET SOCIAL CONTACT US Phone: 928) 871-7000 Fax: (928) 871-4025 LOCATION Nez-Lizer Administration 100 Parkway Post Office Box 7440 Window Rock, AZ 86515 Terms Of Use Privacy Statement @ NNDIT