Russell Begaye: “The only special interests that concern me are those of uranium mining interests.”

We respectfully, yet strongly, urge you to reject these proposals and maintain full funding for the Community Health Representative and Health Education programs in the fiscal year 2019 budget.

For these reasons, we strongly advocate that the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act be reauthorized at the proposed $13 million levels for each fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

The bill stifles the tribal voice in monument management, and the bill eliminates protection for our cultural patrimony.

But, over 90 percent of Utah Navajos support the monument.