Two weeks after a Navajo man was held by ICE agents even after presenting tribal ID, the Navajo Council is calling on the feds to honor those IDs.

Preston Henry Tolth, the sole known suspect in the 2021 disappearance of 62-year-old Navajo woman Ella Mae Begay, entered a plea agreement with the federal government Thursday, Jan. 29.

Ella Mae Begay’s case helped bring national attention to the high rate of violence faced by Native people, providing fuel for tribal leaders and victim advocates as they continued pushing for law ...