{"id":28573,"date":"2022-10-03T00:13:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T04:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=28573"},"modified":"2022-10-03T00:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T04:21:52","slug":"navajo-citizen-hoskie-benally-named-to-national-council-on-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/10\/03\/navajo-citizen-hoskie-benally-named-to-national-council-on-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Navajo citizen Hoskie Benally named to National Council on Disability"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t\t – YouTube\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

\n\t\t\"youtu.be\"\t\tyoutu.be\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
The White House: President Biden and the First Lady Deliver Remarks to Celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n
Navajo citizen Hoskie Benally named to National Council on Disability<\/div>\r\n
Monday, October 3, 2022<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nHoskie Benally, Jr., a citizen of the Navajo Nation<\/a>, has been named to the National Council on Disability<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBenally, who is legally blind, works for the Native American Disability Law Center<\/a> as the organization’s Community and Government Liaison<\/a>. In that role, he engages in disability systems advocacy with the Navajo Nation and other tribes, according to information provided by the White House.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBenally, who resides in New Mexico, also serves as president of the Navajo Nation Advisory Council on Disabilities<\/a>. The group addresses disability issues on the largest reservation<\/a> in the United States.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n

\r\n
\r\n \"Hoskie<\/a><\/div>\r\n
Hoskie Benally, Jr. Photo courtesy Native American Disability Law Center<\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cThere are many hurdles in the Navajo Nation for our disabled family members,\u201d Benally said at a roundtable hosted by the Navajo Nation Council<\/a> in June. “The application to rent a Navajo Housing Authority home that meets ADA regulations is over 45 pages long while many of our relatives have cognitive and physical disabilities.”\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“These challenges can be fixed with proper government support and implementing the Civil Rights of Individuals with Disabilities Act,\u201d Benally said in reference to a tribal law enacted back in 2018. He has called on the Navajo Housing Authority<\/a> to live up to its obligation to ensure that at least five percent of housing stock can accommodate people with disabilities.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe National Council on Disability is an independent federal agency charged with advising federal agencies and federal lawmakers on policies, programs, practices, and procedures that affect people with disabilities. It consists of members appointed by the President of the U.S. and by leaders in the U.S. Congress.\r\n

<\/P>

<\/ins>