‘He always made Thoreau first’: Ben Shelly, former Navajo Nation president, dies at 75

WINDOW ROCK
Ben Shelly, the former president of the Navajo Nation, died after an illness Wednesday morning, March 22.
Shelly, 75, was from Thoreau, New Mexico. He was Tó’aheedlíinii and was born for Ts’ah Yisk’idnii. His maternal grandfather is Áshįįhí, …WINDOW ROCK
Ben Shelly, the former president of the Navajo Nation, died after an illness Wednesday morning, March 22.
Shelly, 75, was from Thoreau, New Mexico. He was Tó’aheedlíinii and was born for Ts’ah Yisk’idnii. His maternal grandfather is Áshįįhí, …