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Navajo Prep board approves campus funding requests, re-authorizes federal grant application; tables Code Talker museum proposal
Summary
The Navajo Preparatory School Board voted unanimously to pursue New Mexico Tribal Infrastructure Fund support and to ask the Navajo Nation for funds for student home HVAC and kitchen renovations, and approved a Public Law 100-297 grant re-authorization application due March 13, 2026. The board tabled the Code Talker museum proposal pending formal documentation.
The Navajo Preparatory School Board of Trustees on Feb. 20 unanimously approved resolutions to seek campus infrastructure funding and to re-authorize a federal grant application.
Shawna A. Becenti, Head of School, reviewed a resolution to submit a 2026 New Mexico Tribal Infrastructure Fund application and a separate resolution requesting Navajo Nation funds to support student home HVAC upgrades and kitchen renovations. Charley Long, Sr. moved approval and Jennifer Redhouse seconded; the board voted 5-0-0 to approve both items.
Separately, the board approved a resolution to submit a Public Law 100-297 grant re-authorization application to the Department of Diné Education. Becenti said the application is due March 13, 2026. The motion to approve that item was made by Charley Long, Sr. and seconded by Ernestine Begay; the board voted 5-0-0.
The board also reviewed a proposal from the New Mexico governor to construct a Navajo Code Talker Museum on or near the Navajo Preparatory School campus in Farmington, N.M. Shawna Becenti told trustees that no formal documentation had yet been provided to the school. Community speakers who identified themselves as Navajo Code Talker descendants urged that descendants be part of the project process and that the museum emphasize the Navajo language and history. After discussion, the board voted to table consideration of the museum proposal until formal documentation is provided; Jennifer Redhouse moved to table Item D and the motion carried, 5-0-0.
President Dr. Bernadette Todacheene presided over the meeting. The board recorded no formal action taken during a personnel executive session held earlier in the evening. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for March 27, 2026 at Navajo Preparatory School.
