Speaker of the
Navajo Nation Council
Great Seal of the Navajo Nation
Incumbent
Crystalyne Curley
since January 23, 2023
StyleMadam Speaker (informal)
Honorable Speaker (formal)
StatusPresiding Member of the Navajo Nation Council
ResidenceWindow Rock, AZ
SeatNavajo Nation Council Chamber
AppointerThe Navajo Nation Council
Term lengthTwo years
Constituting instrumentNavajo Nation Code & Treaty of 1868
Inaugural holderChee Dodge
Salary~$55,000.00 USD per year
Websitehttps://www.navajonationcouncil.org/speaker-otto-tso-biography/

The office of the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council was created in 1991 following restructuring of the Navajo Nation government.[1] The Speaker is the head of the legislative branch and presides over sessions of the council.[2] The Speaker of the council serve a term of two years during the administration of the incumbent President. The Office of the speaker is located in Window Rock, AZ at the Council Chambers.

Office holders

List of speakers of the Navajo Nation Council
# Image Name Chapter Term President
1 Nelson Gorman Jr.
(born TBA)
Chinle 1995

1997
Albert Hale
2 Kelsey Begaye
(1951–2021)
Kaibito 1997

1999
Thomas Atcitty
Milton Bluehouse Sr.
3 Edward T. Begay
(1935–2022)
Church Rock 1999

2003
Kelsey Begaye
4 Lawrence T. Morgan
(born TBA)
Pinedale 2003

2011
Joe Shirley Jr.
5 Johnny Naize
(born TBA)
2011

September 2014
Ben Shelly
6 Lorenzo Bates
(born TBA)
Burnham September 2014

January 15, 2015
7 Kee Allen Begay Jr.
(born TBA)
January 15, 2015

January 26, 2015
8 Lorenzo Bates
(born TBA)
Burnham January 26, 2015

January 28, 2019
Russell Begaye
9 Seth Damon
(born TBA)
January 28, 2019

November 4, 2022
Jonathan Nez
10 Otto Tso
(born TBA)
Tuba City November 16, 2022

January 10, 2023
11
Crystalyne Curley
(born TBA)
January 23, 2023

present
Buu Nygren

See also

References

  1. Wilkins, David E. (2013-10-25). The Navajo Political Experience. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 125–128. ISBN 978-1-4422-2669-2.
  2. Austin, Raymond Darrel (2009). Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-governance. U of Minnesota Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8166-6535-8.
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