DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KleeBenally</span></a>, Navajo advocate for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> causes, dies in Phoenix </p><p>Klee Benally was among the most vocal opponents of snowmaking at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaSnowbowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaSnowbowl</span></a> ski resort in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flagstaff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flagstaff</span></a>. </p><p>AP, January 1, 2024</p><p>PHOENIX — "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.</p><p>"Benally died Saturday at a Phoenix hospital, Jeneda Benally said. His cause of death was not disclosed.</p><p>"Klee Benally was among the most vocal opponents of snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl ski resort in Flagstaff. At least 13 tribes consider the mountain on public land to be sacred.</p><p>"He protested <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RacialProfiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RacialProfiling</span></a> and was among activists who gathered outside metro Phoenix’s NFL stadium in 2014 to denounce the offensive team name previously used by the franchise from Washington, D.C.</p><p>"Benally advocated for the cleanup of abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mines</span></a>, where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> ore was extracted from the Navajo Nation over decades to support U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> activities during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a>.</p><p>"He also spoke out against an ordinance that, in a bid to address the problem of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a>, had banned camping on public property in Flagstaff.</p><p>"'There is no compassionate way to enforce the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiCamping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCamping</span></a> ordinance,' Benally said in 2018 when officials declined to alter the 2005 ordinance. 'Life is already hard enough for our unsheltered relatives on the streets.'</p><p>"Benally was also a guitarist, and played with his sister and brother in the Native American punk rock band <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackfire</span></a>."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.12news.com/article/life/people/klee-benally-navajo-advocate-for-indigenous-people-and-environmental-causes-dies/75-51b35e37-1a11-4853-8e2a-320fb4da7766" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">12news.com/article/life/people</span><span class="invisible">/klee-benally-navajo-advocate-for-indigenous-people-and-environmental-causes-dies/75-51b35e37-1a11-4853-8e2a-320fb4da7766</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestInPowerKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestInPowerKleeBenally</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RIPKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIPKleeBenally</span></a></p>