Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly talks to Bodaway residents near The Confluence in 2012.

Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly talks to Bodaway residents near The Confluence in 2012.

Here is audio of what Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said to the people when he visited Grand Canyon East June 4, 2011. He spoke in Navajo about standing with the people who do not want development at the Confluence.

Read the English translation:

“And then the work (economic development) to be moved here where The Two Waters Meet (Confluence), this will not happen. I will support you on this and stand with you with a ‘No’.

And, then, I don’t know what you think – maybe you want development. I will listen for this, as well. If it is ‘no,’ then it will be ‘no.’ What else is to be said? That is the way it is and I want to tell you this: This will be it and I will stand behind you.”

Click the play button on the link below to hear what he said in our native language:

Listen to Mr. Shelly speak:
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