The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints welcomed Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren and his wife, First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, to Temple Square on Thursday, February 15, 2024. The brief gathering was held in the Church Administration Building.
- President Russell M. Nelson greets Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren during a visit in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
- President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, greets Navajo Nation First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
- President Russell M. Nelson (right) speaks with Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren (middle) and his wife, First Lady Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren (left), during a visit in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
- Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren (left) holds a copy of the Book of Mormon while he speaks with the First Presidency during a visit in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
- President Russell M. Nelson speaks with Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren during a visit in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
- Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, First Lady of the Navajo Nation, joins her husband, Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren, during a visit with the First Presidency in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
- President Russell M. Nelson speaks with Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren during a visit in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
- President Russell M. Nelson embraces Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren during a visit in the Church Administration Building on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
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Dr. Nygren was elected 10th president of the Navajo Nation in late 2022. The Arizona native is committed to bringing basic necessities such as water, power, and good roads to every Navajo home. In recent years, the Church of Jesus Christ has helped bring some of those things to the Navajo Nation. In 2022, the Church helped fund the electrification of the Westwater community in southeastern Utah. And in 2021, the faith helped bring water to homes in remote areas of the reservation in New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona.
The Navajo Nation spans portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah in the Southwestern United States.