Navajo is now the official language of the Navajo Nation, placing an obligation on the tribal government to preserve and strengthen the language. Legislation was approved by the Navajo Nation Council ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Christmas Eve, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed legislation to make the Navajo language the official language of the ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Navajos voted Tuesday to loosen language requirements for their top leaders, eliminating the need for them to be fluent in Navajo and giving voters more discretion in who can ...

Candidates for president and vice president must understand Navajo and speak it fluently. It’s a requirement that can be enforced by tribal courts. A “yes” vote on the referendum lets individual ...

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This was just a single sentence, a small piece of just one of the 13 propositions set to appear on Arizona’s November ballot. By the end of the day, the group had to finish translating all of them ...

By the end of the day, the group had to finish translating all of them into Navajo. Because Navajo is a historically oral language and many who speak it cannot read it, the goal was to come up with a ...

This was just a single sentence, a small piece of just one of the 13 propositions set to appear on Arizona's November ballot. By the end of the day, the group had to finish translating all of them ...