2026 Candidate — Council Delegate
Curtis Yanito Incumbent Interviewed
B · From the record Summaries are drawn from Cal Nez’s interview. Quotations are not published until checked against the recording. How we verify →
- Office sought
- Council Delegate
- Chapters (this seat)
- Aneth, Red Mesa, Mexican Water, Rock Point, Sweetwater (Tó Łikan), Teec Nos Pos
- Incumbent
- Yes — Incumbent · HEHSC
- Interview date
- Interview — June 13, 2026
- Interview status
- Interviewed by Cal Nez — Politics on the Navajo Nation (2026)
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Their overall approach
Yanito described a continuous effort centered on water (Colorado River / lower-basin rights), agriculture, and carrying chapter resolutions forward. On attendance, he said he calls in when he can't appear and files his reports by email. From their answers →
Summary
A summary in the site’s words, drawn from the candidate’s recorded interview — not a quotation and not the candidate’s own wording. Their exact words are in the interview video.
Curtis Yanito is a first-term incumbent seeking a second term from the Utah-area chapters (Aneth, Teec Nos Pos, Red Mesa, Mexican Water, and others). Audio was rough in places, but his interview with Cal Nez covered his nursing-home legislation, the Utah-area 638, his view of 638 oversight, economic development and the Navajo Business Opportunity Act, the ZenniHome contract, and government reform.
Interview Q&A
In the interview, this candidate addressed:
Platform & Record · The Navajo Land Nursing Home · The Utah-Area 638 & the 638 Concept · 638 Oversight & "Going Rogue" · Navajo Business Opportunity Act (NBOA) & Economic Development · ZenniHome & Government Reform
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