Announcements

Navajo Word/Phrase: níyol

English Translation: it is windy, wind

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Yas bił níyolgo doohoot’įįnda. Doola’ níyol da.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Bíla’ashdla’ii

English Translation: la’, hand, finger, ashdla’ii or human being

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Bíla’ashdla’ii wolyéii bił dah nahaz’ą́ą́góó t’áá ‘ał’ąą bizaad dahólǪ́.

This is to inform all that Employee Benefits Program Office will be CLOSED beginning Thursday, September 25, 2025, 8:00 a.m. to Friday, September 26, 2025 ending at 5:00 p.m. for all staff to attend Training Development/Work Session.

Forms can be found on our website at www.benefits.navajo-nsn.gov. Documents can be scanned and emailed to our centralized email inbox at benefitsdocs@navaio-nsn.gov. All staff emails can be found on our website under Contact Us. All calls will be diverted to voicemail and responded to until Monday, September 29, 2025, at 8:00 a.m.

 Please be advised that the Navajo Nation Department of Retirement (NDRS) would like to inform all Navajo Nation government branches, divisions, and programs that our phone services have been restored as of 11:00 AM this morning. 

Please be inform that the telephone devices for Staff Development & Training Department are temporary out of service due to technical issues with connecting to the telecommunication provider. This issue transpired at the close of business day of September 16th, 2025.

The time to resolve this issue remains unclear and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause when attempts are made to reach our department and staff members.
We have been in contact with all parties in this matter to resolve this issue. If you need to contact the staff at Staff Development & Training Department, you may reach them via e-mail.

The hyperlink provided below will direct you to the department’s contact webpage:
https://nnstaffdevelopment.navajo-nsn.gov/Contact

We appreciate your patience and understanding. Any updates will be provided soon as we receive them.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ’adinídíín

English Translation: light

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): ’Ooljéé’ bee ’adinídíín.

Navajo Word/Phrase: hadeeshgaazh

English Translation: I let out a yell, I scream

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ch’osh yiłtsąą nít’ééh hadeeshgaazh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ch’il ak’ahí

English Translation: avacado

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ch’il ak’ahí ayóí neest’ą lá.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ch’il dishooí

English Translation: Kiwi fruit

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ch’il dishooí t’ááłá’í besó dahidédlo’,’Baazhaazhjí ch’iyaan bahooghan gone’ nahásiłníí’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bilasáana bitsee’ nineezígíí

English Translation: pear

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Bilasáana bitsee’ nineezígíí ayóí łikango yiiyąą’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: naa’ołí

English Translation: beans

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Naa’ołí ła’ abíínígo dahdííkaał dóó diiłbish akó ałi’ní’ąąngo dadiidįįł.

Navajo Word/Phrase: tł’ohchin

English Translation: onion

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Nímasii niłt’eesigíí ła’ tł’ohchin biih diiłgish adóó’ biłni’díítsih áádóó’
ii’ooleel ídiilįįł. Dooló’ dah dooleeł!

Navajo Word/Phrase: náádiit’azhí

English Translation: We left or walked together

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): ‘Áádóó dah náádiit’ázhí éí ńléí dibé yikahąą bidááhjí ‘iit’áázh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: télii

English Translation: donkey or mule

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): ’ Áko díí t’áá ‘áłahjį’ télii bee na’niilkaad ‘ałkéé’ dah siikéego.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Kójígo

English Translation: this way

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Kójígo yee’ nit’éé’.

Let this memorandum serve as justification that the Division of General Services Administration and its affiliated departments and programs will be providing limited services on Tuesday, September 9 ,2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

The Department of Highway Safety/permit office will be closed September 22-26, 2025 due to staff development. 

Join Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) and Division of Behavioral and Mental Health Services (DBMHS) in our last "Talking Circle" in this series. "Talking Circle" will take place this evening Wednesday September 10, 2025, from 6pm-8pm at the Navajo Nation Museum Hogan. This is a free event and open to the public. For more information please see flyer.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ‘ííshjąą́ ’

English Translation: make known, let’s see or prove it by putting a test to it.

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Adóó łah ‘ííshją́ą́’ shį́į́’ haa nihizhdoolííł dii’nííd.

The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission invites you to the upcoming three public hearings regarding Gallup McKinley County School District on assessing the treatment of Navajo and Native American students by the school district.

WINDOW ROCK, AZ — The Navajo Nation Broadband Office (NNBO) and the Connect Diné team are partnering with Tier 1 service providers to bring 5G to the Navajo Nation. This is an extraordinary moment for the Navajo people. Connectivity and mobility have become as essential as water—and water is life.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bí’dzíts’ihgo

English Translation: To annoy, bother or to pick on

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ńléí ha’át’éegi da, tł’ízí chǫǫh baa níjítįįhgo, bí’dzíts’ihgo, bikééjíhgo jidi gháagho da hach’į báháchįįh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: nínáłtįį

English Translation: Refers to recurring rain

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Nínáłtįį́ ́ go biniihnaa tó danílnįįh bikooh goyaa’.

Let this memorandum serve as official notice that the Ethics and Rules Office will be closed for our work-session. The Ethics and Rules Office will be closed starting on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 1:00pm and ending Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 5:00pm. The Ethics and Rules Office will resume regular business hours on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

The Department of Diné Education attended the Ashkii Happy Kids Day festivities and greeted scores of excited children and families at the Navajo Nation Fair on September 3.

The Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Department (NAMLRD) will be closed Thursday, September 4, 2025, from 8:00am to 5:00pm. NAMLRD staff will be assisting with the Free BBQ Community Luncheon at the Navajo Nation Fair during this time. Normal operations will resume on Friday, September 5, 2025, at 8:00am.

Your understanding and cooperation will be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please contact our office at (928) 871-6982. You may also reach me at karenbedonie@navajo-nsn.gov. Ahéhee’!

Let this memorandum serve as notice of Navajo Parks and Recreation Central Office Closure on Thursday, September 4, 2025, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, to assist during the Free Luncheon as part of Division of Natural Resources. NPRD Central Office will resume services on Friday, September 5, 2025 at 8:00 am. 

This memorandum serves as an official notification that all Navajo Nation Executive Branch
employees, permanent and temporary, are granted Four (4) Hours of Administrative Leave from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 5, 2025. Please utilize this time to enjoy the 77th Annual
Navajo Nation Fair - the carnival, concerts, and rodeo with your family and friends.

Navajo Word/Phrase: nahóółtą

English Translation: The past tense, meaning the rain has completed its act of falling

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Tł’éédąą’ nahahóółtą ́ ą́ ’ lá. ́

Navajo Word/Phrase: nahałtin

English Translation: it is raining

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Doola’ nizhonigo nahałtin da

Navajo Word/Phrase: níłtsą

English Translation: rain

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Níłtsą hałchin tłóó’di.

Navajo Word/Phrase: hade’ó dahoodzaa

English Translation: things overwhelmed for it

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Hade’óhoodzaago na’jookąąh łeh. Haídá shikaa’ adoolwoł jínízin łeh.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ‘aadi

English Translation: there, over there (a remote place)

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): ‘Aadi shįį yiiskąągo nighandi dooleeł.

Navajo Word/Phrase: t’áá’ajiłtsoh

English Translation: everyone

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): T’áá’ajiłtsoh hódaholįįh.

Friday, August 22, 2025. from 12 PM to 1 PM – Accounts Receivable will be performing maintenance.

You will need to log-off of FMIS at 12 PM.

Please let your co-workers know.

If you have any questions, please email support@nnooc.org

Navajo Word/Phrase: hazéísts’osí

English Translation: chipmunk

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Hazéísts’osí ńdíshchííʼ yikaa’dasidáh.

The Division of General Services provides this memorandum to clarify the operational status of the Window Rock Fuel Station. Contrary to any circulating information, the station is not closed and remains open for service.
At present:
•    Diesel Fuel: Fully operational and available for dispensing.
•    Unleaded Fuel: Temporarily unavailable due to a fuel pump mechanical issue.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as repairs are underway. The Division will provide further updates once unleaded fuel services are restored at the Window Rock Fuel Station.
 

This is to inform the Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs that the Business Regulatory Department will be closed due to safety reasons that's happening around St. Michael’s, Arizona.

Per BRD Administration

This notice informs all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, and Programs, the completion of the telephone system upgrade for the Department of Personnel Management (DPM). SunState Technology has successfully installed and updated the telephone infrastructure.

An updated list of DPM staff contact numbers is now available. Please visit the updated DPM contact page on the website for the current information: https://www.dpm.navajo-nsn.gov

Navajo Word/Phrase: łago

English Translation: change it to

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Beehaząąnii łago ńdadoodlįįł.

Navajo Word/Phrase: haza’aleetsoh

English Translation: celery

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Gah haza’aleetsoh ałtsoh yah nahadeesdzah.

Navajo Word/Phrase: tsénádleehí

English Translation: cement

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Hooghan tsénádleehí beeh alyaah.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Anáchooshtł’ah

English Translation: Corner of the eye

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): At’ééd bináchooshtł’ah ayoí yeeh honiłiįįł łé.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Anázis/Anáziz

English Translation: eyelid

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ashkii bináziz niichaad lá.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Anáá’too’ wódahgo na’ałkid

English Translation: glaucoma

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shí másání bináá’too’ wódahgo na’ałkidgo biniinaa bits’ąą’ bi’na’azhnish.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ayaats’iin

English Translation: chin, jaw, manible

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Shi yaats’iin niigaii.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bine’

English Translation: behind it

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Bine’jí si’ą́.

Navajo Word/Phrase: łees’áán bizéí

English Translation: bread crumbs

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Łees’áán bizéí ła’ biih dííjih.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bi’dizhchį́įjį’

English Translation: Birthday/to be one’s

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Bi’dizhchį́įjį’ anáhoolzhiizh go dah hodiitał.