Ella Mae Begay went missing more than a year ago from her home in Sweetwater, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. There have been few clues to her disappearance, according to law enforcement, and her family is desperate for answers. Begay’s niece, Seraphine Warren has not stopped searching. This summer, on the one-year anniversary of her aunt’s disappearance, Seraphine decided to walk from the Navajo Nation all the way to Washington, D.C. Her mission was to raise awareness not only for her missing aunt, but for the growing number of missing and murdered Indigenous women worldwide. Seraphine Warren spoke to KNAU’s Sakya Calsoyas about her journey.
Northern Arizona University is one of more than 80 schools to join the nation’s largest college access scholarship program for immigrant students. As KNAU’s Sakya Calsoyas reports, the Dream.US program provides tuition assistance and other services for young undocumented Dreamers.
Data from Flagstaff shows a growing need for affordable rental housing and homeownership options, which the city’s ten-year housing plan is working to address.
Finding affordable housing has long been an issue in the City of Flagstaff and the problem is getting worse. The city has an ambitious ten-year plan with a goal of reducing the affordable housing need by half.
The Nalgene company has released its second limited-edition water bottle designed by 22-year-old Stanford University grad student and artist Jaden Redhair. The Navajo Nation tribal member is originally from Window Rock, and his work with the Nalgene Water Fund has so far raised 80,000 dollars for two nonprofits that work to bring running water to reservation communities. It’s estimated that about a third of residents on the Navajo Nation lack water in their homes. KNAU’s Sakya Calsoyas spoke with Redhair about his work with the program and how his designs were influenced by Navajo culture.