Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission Releases 2025 Gallup-McKinley County School District Report

On March 3, 2026 the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission (NNHRC) published its 2025 report on the Gallup‑McKinley County School District (GMCSD). The report is a compilation of testimony the Commission gathered at four public hearings held across McKinley County in late 2025.

The release was posted as an “Immediate Release: March 3, 2026 The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission releases 2025 Gallup McKinley County School district report” on the Commission’s Facebook page and appears as Community Announcement #5 - REPORT: Treatment of Navajo and Native American Students in Schools on the NNHRC Quarterly Reports 2025 listing. Internal Navajo Nation email distribution lists included the announcement alongside staff items such as the Commission’s resolution NNHRCFEB-02-2026 opposing the sale of liquor by Chieftain Mobil in Chambers, Arizona and naming owner Mr. Sanjay M. Patel; that resolution passed by a 3-0 vote during the February regular meeting.

The Commission scheduled and held a December 23, 2025 special meeting at 10:00 a.m. in the NNHRC Conference Room in St. Michaels, Navajo Nation (AZ) where Dr. Wendy S. Greyeyes, Ph.D., presided as Chairperson. The meeting agenda listed an “UPDATE REPORT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING PERTAINING TO GALLUP MCKINLEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT” to be presented by Darlene Womochil, Policy Analyst, Office of Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission. The same agenda named Leonard Gorman, Executive Director, and Shaniya Logg, Policy Analyst, for a report on updating the City of Albuquerque memorandum of understanding, and Larry D. Begaye, Administrative Assistant, for a presentation on impacts of implementing Dayforce services in the Navajo government.

The record supplied to reporters is incomplete. The short public release and the NNHRC listing confirm the report’s publication and that it compiles testimony from four hearings, but the original report text provided to researchers is truncated after the word “Those.” The sources do not include the full report PDF, hearing transcripts, the dates and venue locations for the four hearings, any numeric findings, or the Commission’s recommendations and conclusions.

Residents, advocates, and reporters seeking the full 2025 GMCSD report or hearing transcripts can contact the NNHRC at P.O. Box 129, St. Michaels, Navajo Nation (AZ) 86511, telephone 928-871-7436, fax 928-871-7437. Note that the Commission’s office was listed as closed March 2 to March 5, 2026 on internal distribution, which overlaps the March 3 release date.

The NNHRC’s public activity around the report sits alongside other recent Commission work noted in internal communications, including guidance on ICE impacts, a call to reauthorize the Diné Higher Education Grant Fund, and partnership events with ACLU-New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque on Know Your Rights sessions; however, specific findings and recommended actions for GMCSD remain unavailable until the Commission provides the full report and hearing records.