FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A tax on junk food sold on the Navajo Nation goes into effect Wednesday. Tribal officials passed legislation last year for an additional 2 percent sales tax on food with ...

This combined approach—which may provide a path forward for new junk food policies—is used in a Navajo Nation junk food tax that defines which food is taxed based on category, processing, and ...

The Navajo Nation president has vetoed a proposal to impose an additional tax on chips, cookies and sweetened beverages on the country's largest reservation, but the legislation could be ...

Food was already expensive on the Navajo Nation before the pandemic. Shoppers often pay more than twice what they would in larger border cities for staples like milk and meat.

The Navajo Nation reauthorized the Healthy Dine Nation Act, which aims to fight the high diabetes rate with a tax on unhealthy food.

FARMINGTON – A bill that seeks to retain a 2% sales tax on unhealthy foods bought on the Navajo Nation continues to make its way to the Navajo Nation Council. When the Healthy Diné Nation Act ...

Farmington, N.M. • Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation are considering a bill to extend a 2% sales tax on unhealthy food and beverages sold on the reservation. The bill, sponsored by Delegate Amber ...

This winter, Brown, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, moved back to her childhood home in Cornfields, Arizona, to start a small business as a leatherworker. Now, healthy food is harder to ...

For the Navajo Nation, a Fight for Better Food Gains New Urgency As the pandemic has brought home the importance of the global movement for food sovereignty, members are planting and sharing.