Navajo Nation
Federally recognized tribe in the Southwest United States
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| December 30 2024 | Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed legislation declaring the Navajo language the official language of the Navajo Nation, with the goal of promoting intergenerational language preservation and making Navajo 'cool again'. |
| 2023 | A second bill to address same-sex marriage was introduced and passed its initial readings in the Navajo Nation legislative process. |
| 2022 | Pinyon Plain Mine is reopened near the Baii Nwaavio Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, raising concerns about potential water source contamination for the Havasupai people. |
| 2022 | AMC television series 'Dark Winds' premiered, based on the Navajo police novels by Tony Hillerman. |
| 2022 | A bill was introduced to repeal the same-sex marriage ban and recognize same-sex unions in the Navajo Nation. |
| December 2022 | Documentation of Navajo Nation Code amendments concludes in December 2022. |
| October 2021 | The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights agrees to hear a case filed by the Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining, accusing the United States government of violating the human rights of Navajo Nation members. |
| 2020 | Ireland donated to the Navajo and Hopi Nations during the Covid-19 pandemic through a GoFundMe campaign that raised over $4 Million, with tens of thousands of dollars coming from Irish donors. |
| 2020 | The number of Navajo tribal members increased to 399,494, surpassing the Cherokee Nation as the largest tribal group by enrollment. |
| May 18 2020 | Surpassed New York as the most affected U.S. region per capita, with 4,071 positive COVID-19 tests and 142 fatalities recorded. |
| May 5 2020 | Received $600 million in aid money, a month after the CARES Act legislation was signed into law. |
| April 25 2020 | Navajo Nation joined ten other tribes in a lawsuit against the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury over CARES Act fund allocation. |
| April 20 2020 | Navajo Nation had the third-highest COVID-19 infection rate in the United States, after New York and New Jersey. |
| April 19 2020 | Navajo Department of Health issued an emergency public health order mandating mask use outside the home, in addition to existing shelter-in-place and curfew orders. |
| April 12 2020 | A 57-hour weekend curfew was declared, with 698 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths reported across New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. |
| March 20 2020 | Navajo Nation issued a stay-at-home order after 14 COVID-19 cases were confirmed, implementing an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. |
| March 17 2020 | COVID-19 was first documented in the Navajo Nation, marking the beginning of the pandemic's impact on the tribe. |
| 2019 | Researcher Wytsalucy conducts a genetic study of Navajo peach trees, revealing unique breeding characteristics distinct from peach cultivation in other regions. |
| 2019 | Navajo Tribal Utility Authority launched a campaign to electrify remaining houses without electricity, targeting approximately 15,000 houses with 60,000 residents, aiming to electrify 400-450 houses annually. |
| September 5 2019 | The Navajo Nation's Naabikʼíyátiʼ Committee approves support for the Equality Act with a unanimous 16-0 vote. This authorizes Navajo Nation leadership to advocate for the Equality Act in the United States Congress, marking a significant moment for LGBTQ+ rights in the nation. |
| August 27 2019 | The Equality Act legislation passes the Health, Education, and Human Services Committee and is sent to the Naabikʼíyátiʼ Committee for approval by the Navajo Nation Council. |
| August 12 2019 | The Law and Order Committee of the Navajo Nation Council approves a resolution by Delegate Nathaniel Brown to endorse the Equality Act in Congress, with a 2-1 vote. Alray Nelson of Diné Equality praises this as a major step forward for LGBTQ+ rights. |
| May 28 2019 | Deadline for contract proposals to clean up abandoned uranium mines on Navajo Nation, with $220 million available to small businesses from a $1.7 billion Tronox settlement. |
| June 2018 | Chief of Police Phillip Francisco restarted the Navajo Nation Police Academy, using the former Chinle jail as a training headquarters. Twelve new recruits graduated in June, marking the first in-house graduates in ten years. |
| 2017 | A $600 million settlement is initiated to clean up 94 abandoned uranium mines. |
| January 2014 | Amendments to the Navajo Nation Code begin, with documentation starting from January 2014. |
| April 2013 | Deswood Tome, Shelly's aide, led Israeli agricultural specialists on a tour of resources within the Navajo Nation. |
| December 2012 | Ben Shelly led a Navajo delegation to Israel, touring the country as representatives of the Navajo people. |
| 2011 | EPA completes a multi-year project removing 20,000 cubic yards of contaminated earth near the Skyline Mine, relocating it to controlled storage on the plateau. |
| 2010 | Navajo Nation Code version released, covering 26 titles of legal regulations for the Navajo Nation government, commerce, trade, and water resources. |
| 2010 | The Navajo Reservation was home to 173,667 out of 332,129 Navajo tribal members, with the remaining members living in urban areas, border towns, and elsewhere in the U.S. |
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