GALLUP — The delegate from Shiprock Chapter is sponsoring a bill to support securing federal dollars to demolish several dilapidated buildings owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Shiprock. The legislation requests Congress, the U.S. Department of the Interior and the BIA to direct and fund the agency to remove more than 40 structures and clean up the location near the intersection of U.S. highways 64 and 491. The property is known as the "Shiprock Administrative Reserve" and consists of 37.8 acres that belong to the Navajo Nation, according to the bill and a September 2020 letter by then BIA Navajo Regional Director Bartholomew Stevens.