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Rage in beauty: Reflecting on the life and legacy of Klee Benally

Navajo advocate Klee Benally passes

Reverberations of a loss and dismay echoed across northern Arizona last week after Klee Benally, Navajo activists, musician and Indigenous and environmental advocate died in a Phoenix hospital Dec. 30.

Klee Benally, Navajo activist and punk rock musician, dies at 48

He protested against a pumice mine on peaks sacred to Indigenous tribes and against uranium mining and transport in northern Arizona. He campaigned for the rights and care of Indigenous homeless people and against racial profiling.

Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48

Celebration of Life for Diné Activist Klee Benally This Saturday

A celebration of life for beloved Diné activist Klee Benally is being held at 2 pm on January 6 at the Orpheum Theatre in Kinłání, Occupied Territories (Flagstaff, Ariz.). Benally advocated for the cleanup of abandoned mines, where uranium ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation over decades to support U.S. nuclear activities during the Cold War. Benally grew up being taught traditional Navajo culture by his father, Jones Benally, a well-known hataałii (medicine man).

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