Eula Yazzie is a former two-term Navajo Nation Council delegate (1990–2000) and a 22-year Navajo Housing Authority professional, running again for a Council seat in the White Cone–Indian Wells area. Her interview with Cal Nez drew on deep institutional experience. Below are the main topics from the interview — the key question Cal asked on each, short summaries of Yazzie's answers in our own words, and follow-ups a voter might still want answered.
Watch or read the full interview, and see the scorecard, on Eula Yazzie’s profile. This page is a nonpartisan summary; the Diné Civic Center does not endorse any candidate.
Yazzie served two terms on the Navajo Nation Council (1990–2000) — on Budget & Finance, as vice chair to Mary Boyd, on the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission, and on the Investment Committee that created the veterans, elders, and education trust funds — then worked 22 years at the Navajo Housing Authority as a realty specialist and housing director.
Yazzie's top plank is accountability — holding delegates to the expectations of their constituents, attending chapter meetings, and actually reading the policies and regulations that need reform. She points to her own district's representation problems (a chapter removed from the district) and says many fixes don't require the courts.
Drawing on 22 years at NHA (and certification from the National Center for Housing Management), Yazzie says the council effectively signed a “blank check” to the Housing Authority and that it's up to the council to revisit the policies and regulations that keep people homeless.
Her second plank is water — she flags several Navajo Nation land purchases where it's unclear who's using the land or whether the Nation receives any funds, and wants a workable, transparent solution for chapters.
Having been away from the council for two decades, Yazzie wants to examine the processes — scheduling, committee attendance, and delegates missing chapter and council sessions — and consider a committee to fix them.
Yazzie stresses getting children to learn Navajo and ensuring chapter meetings are accessible to Navajo-only speakers — like her sister — so elders and monolingual speakers can participate.
Topics a voter in this district might still want to hear about:
Not a judgment of this candidate — just what a specific, substantive answer includes, so you can weigh any candidate’s response: