Navajo Nation

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 new federal report lists numerous problems miners face in receiving benefits. A former coal miner and advocate on the Navajo Nation says the issues it raises aren’t new to him.

A uranium ore truck headed from the Pinyon Plain Mine to Utah crashed on the Navajo Nation near Shonto Wednesday. Officials say no radiation leak was detected.

The Navajo Nation Department of Criminal Investigations does not have an on-site medical examiner, forcing criminal investigators to take on duties they are not properly trained for and slowing down murdered and missing persons investigations.

A consultant for Essential Minerals says the proposed project near Coppermine is only being explored. But Navajo residents are still skeptical.

May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. It reflects both the collective grief and the resilience of Indigenous communities.

Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley is running for tribal president, becoming the most high-profile candidate to challenge President Buu Nygren in his bid for reelection this year.

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.

A federal judge has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who admitted to beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren announced he's running for a second term Monday, saying he wants to build on the momentum from his first term.