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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez: Native Nation Building for the Navajo Nation

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Native Nations Institute
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez visited the University of Arizona and gave his views on making governance work for people in he Navajo Nation.  In this brief interview with NNI the President offered his thoughts on Native Nation Building and the way it is utilized for the Navajo nation as well as his insight on making governance happen without a written constitution.

practical self-rule
effective governance
cultural match
cultural self-determination
indigenous leadership
leadership
capable governing institutions
constitution
Native Nations
Navajo Nation
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Interviews
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Governance
Leadership
Land/Jurisdiction
Civics
Constitutions
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Citation

Native Nations Institute. "Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez: Native Nation Building for the Navajo Nation.” Leading Native Nations, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, December 3, 2019

Transcript available upon request. Please email: nni@email.arizona.edu

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