LEARNING MISSION

Mission last reviewed: July 7, 2026

Research & Data Gathering

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D · Draft — not verified   Not line-checked against the Navajo Nation Code. How we verify →

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Every mission on this platform keeps asking the same thing: where are the verified numbers? This guide's job is to answer — building the Nation's shared evidence base, source by source, so decisions everywhere get smarter.

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Task Guides

The to-do list — what needs vetting

The community’s standing to-do list: everything written or wanted but not yet at ✓ (the key). Pick one, do one, send it in — that’s a contribution complete:

• ○ Case studies in draft — ZenniHome and Diné College funding are marked draft; second sources and corrections welcome via the correction form on each page.
• ○ Filing deadlines — the numbers exist in the Code; they publish here only with sections cited. Top of the Chart Project.
• ◑ Getting legal help — checked against each organization’s own site July 7, 2026; a phone-call confirmation of each door would raise it to ✓.
• — Does It Work doors — several official doors listed, unchecked. One call each, dated.
• — Where’s the Data rows — seven rows, most “not yet found.” Finding one — or confirming it isn’t published — both count.

Send findings through Add to a chart or Fill in a row — volunteers verify, then the mark changes. That’s the whole system: the mark changes when the evidence does.

Make it accessible — what do you need closer to home?

Distance is the Nation’s quietest barrier. This instrument counts it: what people travel for, how far, and what would fix it — by agency, so the gaps show up on the map where a budget or a candidate can answer them.

The Evidence Board — what we are looking for, and what we are building

Two kinds of gap, one board. Rows are facts the public should be able to see — found, or honestly marked not yet found. Charts are compilations the community is assembling, a row at a time. Filling either one is the same act: somebody checks something, dates it, and says where they looked.

This is a board of evidence, not a list of chores. Everything this project still has to verify — across the whole site, sorted by who owns it — is generated on The Work and rebuilt on every build. If a task appears in both places, The Work is the one that stays current. Not finding something is a finding. Say where you looked, and it becomes a row.

Rows — where’s the data?

Sister to Where’s the law? — this is the running list of data the public should be able to see, who should publish it, and whether anyone can find it. Finding it fills a row; not finding it is a finding too. This is the mission: the Nation assembling its own dashboard.

• 9-1-1 coverage & routing — where 9-1-1 works on the Nation, which dispatch each area’s call reaches, and what to do where it doesn’t — chapter by chapter. Who should publish: public safety / each dispatch center. Status: not yet found — the community holds this knowledge; this may be the most life-saving chart on the site. Know your chapter’s answer? Fill in a row below. Which door for an emergency →
• Health — facility wait times, staffing levels, referral backlogs. Who should publish: NDOH / IHS. Status: not yet found. What the candidates said → · who watches the money →
• Workforce & labor — NLC and ONLR caseloads, timelines, and outcomes by year; grievances filed vs. resolved. Who: NLC, ONLR, DPM. Status: not yet found — the The tribunal that stopped sitting → · community clock measures it meanwhile.
• Money — budget vs. actual by program; hotline tips received/pursued; audit findings and whether they were fixed. Who: Controller, Auditor General. Status: audits publish (see Follow the money → · Auditor 101); follow-through data not yet found.
• Elections — registration counts, turnout by precinct, results archives. Who: NEA. Status: partial — results announced; a durable archive not yet found. What we could not verify → · how to vote →
• Justice — court backlogs and time-to-decision by district. Who: Judicial Branch. Status: not yet found. Opinions from 2013 are online; the rest are not →
• Housing — waiting lists and placement times; home-site lease processing times. Who: NHA, Land Department. Status: not yet found. A Marine waited fifteen years →
• Education — teacher vacancy rates, retention. Who: DODE. Status: not yet found. The language law nobody checks →

Charts — help fill in what the Nation needs to know

The most useful things on this site are charts — compiled facts, checked and dated. Every one has gaps only the community can fill. Pick a chart, add what you know or can verify.

Charts in progress — community-built, growing a row at a time:

• The chapter-website map — every chapter’s site or page, collected chapter by chapter.
• The telehealth doors — who offers video and phone visits, verified one call at a time.
• The Training Doors — where skills and credentials can actually be earned (Diné College, NTU, extensions, apprenticeships) — rows verified and dated as the community confirms them.
• The legal-help chart — who qualifies where, checked and dated.

• Open gaps — the Ethics, Auditor, and ONLR doors are listed but unchecked. One dated phone call closes each. If you have used one, the clock is here →
• Getting Legal Help — open gaps: current wait times, what DNA is actually taking this season, other clinics we’ve missed.
• The tactics list — always open: the move you saw, de-identified.
• Problem → provision — open gaps: every seeded question still needs its citation from the draft constitution.
• Filing deadlines — top ask: the exact deadline to file an ONLR charge, an ethics complaint, and common court claims — with the Code section cited. Verified numbers go on the Right Door guide.
• The Right Door — open gaps: real intake details — which offices publish forms online, actual response times you’ve experienced.

Open items across the whole site, sorted by who owns them: The Work →