The first-ever woman was elected the 25th speaker of the Council on Tuesday, the first day of the winter session.
Council Delegate Crystalyne Curley, 37, who represents Tachíí/Blue Gap, Many Farms, Nazlini, Tsélání/Cottonwood, Low Mountain, became the first woman to head the Navajo Nation Council.
“Especially following all of my speaker protégés, the ones that came before me,” Curley said, adding that it still “hasn’t fully sunk in.”.
Curley bested Tuba City representative, Council Delegate Otto Tso, who served as the 24th Navajo Nation Council speaker pro tem since November.
Morgan served as the 20th Navajo Nation Council speaker from 2003 to 2011, followed by Naize, who resigned in 2014 after he was charged with 11 counts of bribery.
“I was just helping her move from the house, and I was so shocked,” she said Monday night at the Navajo Nation Council Chamber.
Marilyn added she was “speechless” that Crystalyne is the first woman in the Council’s history to become its speaker. »