If you plan to visit the Navajo Nation this weekend as many have been doing despite the tribe’s request for visitors to stay away and lockdowns ordered for tribal members, you will come across police roadblocks. No reports of anyone being arrested. But when it...
The Navajo Nation is reinstating its 57-hour weekend lock downs starting this Friday Sept. 25 and the following weekend after a surge in cases were reported. In one Arizona community, one person infected 40 people tribal leaders said. In an executive order, Navajo...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Last week the Navajo Nation announced a reopening plan which includes popular tourism sites across the reservation, such as Canyon De Chelly and Monument Valley. While the National Park Service controls some of these destinations, they have...
WINDOW ROCK – Navajo President Jonathan Nez has extended the closure of the Navajo government until July 26 and also added another three more weekends of lockdowns for tribal members. He said his decision is based on input from tribal leaders, the vice president, and...
WINDOW ROCK – In a live video update on June 16th, Navajo President Jonathan Nez announced that the tribe will reinstate the 57-hour weekend curfew for the next two weekends and urged visitors to stay away. “Don’t go through Navajo. Don’t come through the Nation,”...
Navajo President Jonathan Nez today announced that the 57-hour weekend curfews will be lifted. “It will no longer be in place unless there is an increase of COVID-19 cases,” he said in an announcement today. The weekend lock down prevented visitors and even tribal...
