Buu Nygren sworn in as next Navajo Nation president

By FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press

FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. (AP) — Buu Nygren has been sworn in as the next president of the vast Navajo Nation. It’s a job that will test his ability to make good on promises to deliver water, electricity and broadband to tens of thousands who don’t have it. Nygren beat out incumbent President Jonathan Nez in the tribe’s general election by about 3,500 votes. Nygren is the youngest to hold the tribal presidency at 36 and has never held political office. His vice president is the first woman to hold that position. The tribe has the largest land base of any Native American tribe and is second in population.