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Speaker of the
Navajo Nation Council
Great Seal of the Navajo Nation
Flag of the Navajo Nation
Incumbent
Crystalyne Curley
since January 23, 2023
StyleMadam Speaker (informal)
Honorable Speaker (formal)
StatusPresiding Member of the Navajo Nation Council
ResidenceWindow Rock, AZ
SeatNavajo Nation Council Chamber
AppointerThe Navajo Nation Council
Term lengthTwo years
Constituting instrumentNavajo Nation Code & Treaty of 1868
Inaugural holderChee Dodge
Salary~$55,000.00 USD per year
Websitehttps://www.navajonationcouncil.org/speaker-otto-tso-biography/

The office of the Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council was created in 1991 following restructuring of the Navajo Nation government.[1] The Speaker is the head of the legislative branch and presides over sessions of the council.[2] The Speaker of the council serve a term of two years during the administration of the incumbent President. The Office of the speaker is located in Window Rock, AZ at the Council Chambers.

  1. ^ Wilkins, David E. (2013-10-25). The Navajo Political Experience. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 125–128. ISBN 978-1-4422-2669-2.
  2. ^ Austin, Raymond Darrel (2009). Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-governance. U of Minnesota Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8166-6535-8.

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