Announcements

Navajo Word/Phrase: dah deeshzhah

English Translation: Sticking up, to be (as hair)

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Nitsii’ dah deeshzhah, shik’is.

Navajo Word/Phrase: tsints’ósí

English Translation: stick

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Tsints’ósí ła’ nidiitįįhgo bee’ tsédzi’naa’atsih.

Navajo Word/Phrase: atoo’

English Translation: stew

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Atoo’ ayóó łikango yishdląą’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: nihodii’á or nikihodiiah

English Translation: Steep, it is

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Kodóó t’áá íiyisíí nikihodiiah.

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Navajo Word/Phrase: hóyéé’

English Translation: Steamboat

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Hóyéé’di lá ha’íí bahnida’aldeeh?

This notice serves as an announcement of the following upcoming advertised trainings:
• Computer Training
• Progressive Training
• First Aid/CPR/AED Training
•Non-Advertised Training

will close the training registrations and payments on Friday, July 11th, 2025 at 5:00pm MST. All payments for these training courses are to be submitted so deposits can be made to Navajo Office of the Controller’s General Accounting. Any registrations we receive, and payments are not submitted by July 11th,2025, we will cancel the registration. This is to comply with the date the Navajo Office of the Controllers has set forth on the deadline of when payments are to be submitted to General Accounting.

If you have any questions, you can contact us at (928) 871-6691.

Public Information

Nihinaaldlooshii doo nídínééshgóó k’ee’ąą yilzhish dooleeł explores the intersecting histories of U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier’s livestock reduction programs with the legacy of the photography of Milton Snow.

Check out the latest installment of the monthly DODE recap newsletter, with photos and other highlights from May!

Join us for this 3-day event to engage in cultural presentations and education sessions on Diné teachings, as well as wholistic wellness services offered by DBMHS. 

This free, in-person event will feature on-site registration, local community resources, and ceremonial education opportunities such as Women and Men's Sweat Lodge.

Inquire for Booth Registration at (928) 810-8580.

See flyer for more details.

Request for Promotional Items for the 24th Annual Retiree Recognition on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Navajo Word/Phrase: t’áadoo kót’é’ ílíní

English Translation: suddenly (without warning)

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Tó t’áadoo kót’é’ ílíní ásdįįd.

Leaders from the Department of Diné Education and the Bureau of Indian Education met in Tuba City on June 17 to discuss the next steps to formulating a unified response to the challenges presented by the current presidential administration's funding cuts and rollbacks.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ałt’anidzih

English Translation: to stutter

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shizhe’é ayóí ałt’anidzih.

Navajo Word/Phrase: t’áá hoshch’į’

English Translation: suddenly

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ashkii t’áá hosch’į’go nihich’į’ báhóóchįįd.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ádántsíjíkees

English Translation: Think for oneself or self

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ádántsíjíkees łeh, áko t’áádoole’í doo hananitł’ah dah łeh.

The Navajo Division of Transportation (Navajo DOT) is proud to announce the launch of a new online portal that allows the public to report potholes across the Navajo Nation. This new feature is now available on the Navajo DOT website at navajodot.org.

The Diné Uranium Remediation Advisory Commission will hold its regular meeting in the Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mines (AUM) Region on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 10 AM at the Thoreau Chapter House, 1 Mile Marker NM-371, Thoreau, NM, 87323. The Commissioners will tour the Eastern AUM Region mines on Friday, June 27, 2027. This Commission regular meeting will be open to the public.

The purpose of the Uranium Commission is to study and reach conclusions about the impacts of uranium mining and uranium processing on the Navajo Nation and to make recommendations to the President of the Navajo Nation and to the Navajo Nation Council for policies, laws and regulations to address those impacts.

For any questions, please contact the Uranium Commission Office at 928-318-4990.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ałtsoh ahi’na’iildee’

English Translation: reunify

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ałtsoh ahi’na’iildee’go, ałchíní dóó báda’olta’igíí needooltah t’áádoo ólta’ gone’ beeda’doolnih.

Please be informed that The Office of the Navajo Tax Commission will be closed on June 13, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and will resume office hours at 3:00 PM. 

Navajo Word/Phrase: asdajincheeh

English Translation: shelter

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Asdajincheeh biłnahaząągóó éí ałchiní dóó ba’da’olta’igíí yina’jį nił t’ahdanichééh.

Information on upcoming CPR training dates. 

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ch’ínoohjeeh Ch’idookah

English Translation: evacuate

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Táá’aníígo nitsohodindeelgo tsxįįnłoh
ch’idookah dóó bits’ąą’jį’ evacuate oohooniiįígíí.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Bi’da’deelkaal

English Translation: lock down

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): T’ááłáhádi ahee’iłkidjį, ałchíní bi’da’deelkaal dooleeł nitsohodindeeligíí biniinaah.

Staff Development and Training Department office closure due to DHR Summit, from 1:00 pm on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, to 12 pm, Friday, June 13, 2025. Normal business hour resume at 1:00 pm on Friday, June 13, 2025.

This memorandum is to inform all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs and the Public that the Navajo Office of Vital Records & Identification will have limited services at the Fort Defiance, Eastern Agency, Shiprock Agency and the Central Administration office and the Tuba City and Chinle offices will be closed beginning at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10 through 1 p.m. Friday, June 13. NOVRI will be participating in the Division of Human Resources summit. 

The Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission will convene its monthly regular meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM (MT) at the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation Conference Room 307, #16 Old Coalmine Rd, Mentmore, NM 87319.

The advisory, issued on June 5, 2025, provides important public health information regarding a confirmed measles case in San Juan County, NM (off the Navajo Nation), and outlines key symptoms, prevention tips, and vaccination guidance. At this time, no cases have been reported on the Navajo Nation, but awareness is important to help protect our communities.

Please see the attached PDF for full details. If you have any questions, you may contact the Navajo Department of Health at (928) 871-6350, the Navajo Epidemiology Center at (928) 871-3200, or your local healthcare facility.

 Reconnecting our Heritage

Chinle High School Gymnasium, Chine AZ

June 25 & 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

This memorandum informs all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs, and the General Public that NNOSHA will have limited services beginning at 1:00 pm on June 10, 2025, through 1:00 pm June 13, 2025. NNOSHA will be participating in an internal division wide summit. Normal operation will resume on June 16, 2025. 

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ałtsé biłahoodiilzééh

English Translation: hold

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ałtsé biłahoodiilzééh!

In our effort to support improved compliance, consistency, and accountability in the Navajo Nation's performance management process, the Department of Personnel Management (DPM) is issuing a forgiveness of the submittal of all outstanding Employee Performance Appraisal Forms (EPAFs) for rating period from 1/2/2022 and prior years.

Leaders from the Department of Diné Education hosted staff from the 25th Navajo Nation Council, Diné Grant School Association, Diné Bi Olta School Board Association, and the Navajo Nation Washington Office to discuss the proposed federal cuts to education

Planning a trip or home project? Borrow up to $7,000 at a 10% interest rate — quick and easy application online or in-office.

Navajo Sentence: Bikáá’dah’asdáhí yiwodígíí dikwíí lá báhálį́?

Meaning/Definition: rocking chair

The Office of the Navajo Tax Commission would like to remind all Navajo Nation Programs that the Navajo Nation Sales Tax applies to all retail sales of goods services occurring within the exterior bounderies of the Navajo Nation. The current rate is 6%

The NEA & NEA Agency Offices will be closed on June 12, 2025, will all be attending the NBOES Meeting at the Lukachukai Chapter. NEA offices will resume June 13, 2025.

Navajo Sentence: Béésó yoltá’gi bidahwiil’ąą́ ́.

Meaning/Definition: We learned it.

Join us on Friday, July 18, 2025, for Operation Veterans Wellness at the Gallup Sports Complex in Gallup, New Mexico.

In celebration of the 11th Anniversary, this free event will include a morning fun run/walk, wellness presentations, gourd dance, youth activities, and information booths with mental health resources for veterans in our community.

*Fun Run/Walk @ 6 am - 8 am
*2025 Operation Veterans Wellness @ 9 am - 4 pm
*Back to School Youth Event @ 11 am - 4 pm

Chinle Service Area - Due to unforeseen circumstances with the weather the following event has been cancelled. This will only apply to today's Walking for Health (June 4, 2025) date. All other dates will continue as scheduled. 

For more information please call our NSDP - Chinle Service Area Office at: 928.674.2422

Navajo Nation Heritage & Historic Preservation Department's (NNHHPD) Bears Ears Inter-Governmental Cooperative Agreement Section has developed a monthly newsletter to provide consistent public education about Bears Ears National Monument's cultural, historical, and present-day significance to Diné.

Check out this edition to learn more about the "Lands Between," an unprotected area in southeastern Utah that lies between Bears Ears National Monument, Canyons of the Ancients, and Hovenweep National Monuments. Spanning over 325,000 acres, it is the most archaeologically-dense tract of public lands in the country that remain unprotected against oil and gas leasing. This region is home to thousands of Anasazi, Navajo, and Ute sites and is sacred to numerous Indigenous groups, including Diné.