Announcements

Join Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) and Division of Behavioral and Mental Health Services (DBMHS) in our eighth "Talking Circle" in this series. "Talking Circle" will take place this evening Wednesday August 13, 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: 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.

Monday, August 11, 2025, 10:00 AM
Diné College, North Campus Conference Room
1228 Yucca Street, Shiprock NM 87420 

We here at Staff Development & Training Department would like to invite you to celebrate
with us on Thursday, September 25th, 2025 from 10:00am to 12:00pm MST at our
department, Morgan Blvd. Bldg. #2740, located in Window Rock, AZ.

We will serve cake and punch to those who stop on by that day (available until all is
depleted) as part of our celebration. So come and join us as we celebrate this milestone!
For more information, please call us at 928-871-6691.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bááh nímazí

English Translation: biscuit

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Háí lá bááh nímazí baah nahaniih?

The Office of Background Investigations is currently experiencing network issues that have affected access to the OBI FileMaker database. As a result, our office will provide limited service for Intake, Investigation, and Adjudication services. Please Note* The Navajo Nation Department of Information Technology is aware of this issue and is working to resolve it.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ho’dishchį́

English Translation: birthplace

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Díí éí Tsé hoo tsooí jí ho’dishchį́.

Welcome to your Navajo Nation Teladoc Health resource hub! This site is your one-stop destination to explore all the ways Teladoc Health supports your well-being — from General Medical and Mental Health Care to Diabetes Management. Here, you’ll find helpful how-to guides, webinars, easy registration steps, and the latest Teladoc updates. Check back anytime. We’re always adding new resources to help you take charge of your health.

This memorandum shall serve as notice to all Navajo Nation Divisions, Departments, Programs and Chapters, if you failed to submit your FY 2025 Underwriting Exposure Summary (UES) you are currently uninsured. Additionally, if you have not paid your premiums for FY 2025, you are uninsured (including Auto Coverages).

Navajo Word/Phrase: bóhoneedlį́

English Translation: Interesting, it is

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Naaltsoos bóhoneedlį́įgo biniinaa t’áá’ákwííjį́ yíníshta’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: bílą́ą́jį’

English Translation: In front of/ahead of

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Dííshjį́į́góó nihilą́ąjį’ sizínígíí éí Baabii wolyé.

Navajo Word/Phrase: ts’iilzéí

English Translation: trash/garbage

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ts’iilzéí bighangi t’óó ahayóí..

Navajo Word/Phrase: Jaa’í

English Translation: coffeepot

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Jaa’í tł’aashjaní gohwééh ła’biihnijaah.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ni’iisííh

English Translation: To make a series of mistakes or errors

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Kóhoot’éédą́ą́’ t’óó ‘ahayóidi ni’iyésíí’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Jeeh dílį́į́h

English Translation: Pinyon, pinewood, firewood

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Jeeh dílį́į́’ ła’ biiditįįh, deesk’aaz hazlįį’.

Navajo Word/Phrase: dį́į́’di ‘azlį́į́’

English Translation: It happened four times

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Dį́į́’di ‘azlį́į́’ go ląą beehląh łé.

Staff Development and Training Department has released their FY2025 - Qtr. 4 Computer Training Schedule. these computer trainings are from July to September 2025. Deadline for Payment is set at the end of day, Friday, July 11th, 2025. 

If you have any questions, please contact the trainer at lpatterson@navajo-nsn.gov.

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.

Navajo Word/Phrase: hóyéé’

English Translation: Steamboat

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Navajo Word/Phrase: Ałtsé biłahoodiilzééh

English Translation: hold

Usage in a sentence (Navajo): Ałtsé biłahoodiilzééh!

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

Meaning/Definition: rocking chair

Yá'át'ééh friends! Please join us this month at the Main Library in Window Rock, AZ. All events are free for all community members to join and participate!

Dibé Nitsaa éí dził náhookǫsjigo si’ánígíí óolyé.

Meaning/Definition: To the north lies Mount Hesperus, a notable mountain

Hooghandi tó t’óo nidahiigeeh léí’ ayóo bąąhą́ą́h daniidzin.

Meaning/Definition: “We haul water to our home, so we value it highly and do not let it go to waste.”

Ólta’di áłchíní naanish ádoolníłígíí yee ałha’da’deest’ą́ dóó’ t’áadoo hodina’í ałtsxo ádayiilaa.

Meaning/Definition: At school, the students settled on what to do and completed it immediately.

zhǫ’

Meaning/Definition: Fun thing, entertainment or amusement

yas

Meaning/Definition: snow

xosh/hosh

Meaning/Definition: cactus

wóóneeshchʼįįdii

Meaning/Definition: locust

tł’óh

Meaning/Definition: hay

tłah

Meaning/Definition: lotion, salve, and paste

t’áá’áłah

Meaning/Definition: both, in pairs, or in twos

tóshjeeh

Meaning/Definition: water barrel