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 ...

On Christmas Eve, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed long-awaited legislation to have the Navajo language used, taught and supported by appropriations. With his signature, Diné bizaad, is now ...

Election officials from northern Arizona counties translating the November ballot into Navajo at the Coconino County Elections Center. The group of Navajo speakers gathered in Flagstaff, Arizona, were ...

CROWNPOINT, N.M. (AP) – Inside a study room at Navajo Technical University here, a class of seven employees from the Navajo Nation Judicial Branch is taking steps to enhance the Navajo language in ...

Manny Wheeler dubs Star Wars into Navajo to help keep the Navajo language alive. May the Fourth is a special night at the West Winds Drive-In in Glendale Arizona where Manny Wheeler is screening Star ...

May 30, 2013— -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” will premier this summer, dubbed into Navajo. It’s the first time a major motion picture has been translated into a Native ...

The group of Navajo speakers gathered in Flagstaff, Arizona, were deep into translating the pages stacked in front of them when they began deliberating over how to best describe fentanyl. It wouldn't ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – In the new translation of “Star Wars,” Darth Vader is Luke’s bizhe’e. The classic 1977 film that launched a science-fiction empire and revealed the force within a farm boy who ...

Navajo Vote is Pivotal in Arizona Navajo-speaking voters are a closely watched group. High turnout from the Navajo Nation—which sweeps across the entire northeast portion of Arizona before stretching ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Navajos have voted 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 hold ...