TOPIC HUB

Education

This hub gathers everything on education: the record, where candidates stand, the lessons, and the specific problems you can act on.


Learn it

Start here to understand the whole picture.

The full picture on this topic

Read the record: The law says the language shall be taught
Where candidates stand: Schools & College
Learn the system: Education 101
Where it began: History of Navajo Government 101 — Today’s school systems carry this history


Do something

Specific problems on this subject — what each is, and what you can do about it.

Language & Cultural Education

10 N.N.C. §111 has required Navajo language instruction at all grade levels since 1984. It is one of the oldest education mandates in Navajo law. Compliance is not publicly reported.

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Scholarships & the Brain Drain

The Nation trains and funds young people who then leave for better opportunities elsewhere. Candidates called this the brain drain and proposed different fixes: some argued scholarships should be restricted to Diné College to keep money and…

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The School Systems — Who Runs What

Schools on the Navajo Nation are run by multiple governments simultaneously: Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) for federal schools, charter boards for independent schools, the Nation’s Division of Diné Education (DODE), and Johnson O&r…

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Connected

Education sits under everything — capacity begins here. The same funding and jurisdiction seams show up as who-runs-which-school.

The roadblocks & where they lead

Seams & accountability — how problems stall and who answers. What runs through all of it →
Root causes — funding, capacity, and unclear law underneath. The root problem →

Where else these show up

Follow the thread sideways: Business · Healthcare · Reform