ella mae begay

Five years to the day that Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay disappeared from her home, the man who acknowledged beating her, stealing her truck and leaving her on the roadside is free from prison.

The sole person charged in the 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay received a five-year federal prison sentence. The unsolved case underscores the disproportionate violence Native Americans face.

A man charged in the disappearance of Ella Mae Begay, a Navajo grandmother and weaver, has pleaded guilty to robbery as part of a second plea agreement.

Ella Mae Begay went missing from her home in Sweetwater, Arizona, in 2021. Her niece walked to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness for her missing aunt and missing and murdered Indigenous women worldwide.

The recent homicide case of 22-year-old Gabby Petito has prompted discussion regarding public attention for missing and murdered Indigenous women and…

Demonstrators gathered for hours in Window Rock last Friday to demand justice for Diné women on the Navajo Nation.The Diné Sáanii for Justice March…

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez on Wednesday joined a group that’s walking across the Reservation in support of Ella Mae Begay, a 62-year-old woman…

The Navajo Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person. Ella Mae Begay, 62, was last seen over a month ago in the…

It’s Tuesday, July 20. The City of Flagstaff now estimates recent flooding brought on a total of $2.6 million in damages to public infrastructure, along…