JUST IN: Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly dies at age 75 abc15
Shelly, of Thoreau, became the tribe’s seventh president and took office in January 2011.
He lost in his re-election bid in 2014, but the Navajo Supreme Court extended his term for five more months.Prior to that, Shelly was a member of the Navajo Nation Council for 16 years representing Thoreau and served eight years as McKinley County commissioner.He is survived by Martha Shelly, his wife of 57 years, plus five children, 12 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Shelly’s family will be holding a private service for him with a public memorial planned at a future date.Peterson Zah, a monumental Navajo Nation leader who guided the tribe through a politically tumultuous era and worked tirelessly to correct wrongdoings against Native Americans, died earlier this month.
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