On June 14, 2008 the Navajo Nation President, Joe Shirley, Jr., received the Barry Goldwater Human Rights Corporate Award. The award is presented yearly by Equality Arizona, an LGBT equal rights and education organization, to organizations which demonstrate a commitment and taken specific measures to eliminate discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression .

Visit www.NativeOUT to watch video of the President's
acceptance speech of the award (with intro by openly gay Navajo state senator Jack Jackson, Jr.and an interview with the President regarding his veto of the Dine Marriage Act of 2005, his thoughts on receiving the Barry Goldwater Human Rights Corporate Award.