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Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly told lawmakers that his tribe is seeking the state's help in spurring economic development and creating jobs on the sprawling reservation.

Shelly said Wednesday that prosperity on the Navajo Nation would not only benefit the tribe, but would result in additional tax revenue for New Mexico.

"We're seeking economic development, we're seeking jobs for the Navajo people. As you know, this is a win-win situation for the state of New Mexico and also for the Navajo Nation," he told a Senate chamber packed with American Indian leaders from the Navajo Nation and from New Mexico's pueblos.

Joe Garcia, governor of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in northern New Mexico and president of the National Congress of American Indians, was among those who addressed a crowd in the Capitol Rotunda.