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The Diné filmmaker, musician, and activist whose work centered land rights, Indigenous liberation, and climate justice died in December at the age of 48.

Klee Benally, a Diné artist and activist, dedicated his life to the sacred and profane, leaving behind a powerful legacy of resistance and advocacy.

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.

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).

Klee Benally, a Navajo man who advocated on behalf of Indigenous people and environmental causes, has died, his sister said. He was 48 years old.