Bella Davis /tags/bella-davis Bella Davis en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:04:55 GMT New series highlights Native American joy /local-news/2025-02-26/new-series-highlighting-native-joy New Mexico PBS and New Mexico in Depth are collaborating on a new series highlighting Indigenous joy while also discussing challenges like how Native Americans are portrayed in the media. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:04:55 GMT /local-news/2025-02-26/new-series-highlighting-native-joy Bella Davis, Benjamin Yazza, Jeanette DeDios State portal for missing Indigenous people needs work, families say /news/2024-12-09/state-portal-for-missing-indigenous-people-needs-work-families-say There are 194 Indigenous people listed as missing from New Mexico and the Navajo Nation on a portal run by the state Department of Justice. But click on any entries and you'll mostly just find info like age, sex, and the agency the person was reported to. There are no photos attached to any of the entries. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:12:45 GMT /news/2024-12-09/state-portal-for-missing-indigenous-people-needs-work-families-say Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth State official says no public comment at meeting on missing and murdered Indigenous people /local-news/2024-10-14/state-official-says-no-public-comment-at-meeting-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people The public won’t be allowed to make comments at a state-run meeting this week about a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:05:04 GMT /local-news/2024-10-14/state-official-says-no-public-comment-at-meeting-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth Community members want deputy who killed Mescalero Apache teenager charged /local-news/2024-09-13/community-members-want-deputy-who-killed-mescalero-apache-teenager-charged The June killing of a 17-year-old Mescalero Apache boy by an Otero County sheriff’s deputy has sparked protests and demands for Deputy Jacob Diaz-Austin to be criminally charged. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 17:27:24 GMT /local-news/2024-09-13/community-members-want-deputy-who-killed-mescalero-apache-teenager-charged Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth Lawmakers want attorney general to create new task force on missing and murdered Indigenous people /local-news/2024-01-25/lawmakers-want-attorney-general-to-create-new-task-force-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Five New Mexico lawmakers want the state attorney general to establish a task force focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:06:32 GMT /local-news/2024-01-25/lawmakers-want-attorney-general-to-create-new-task-force-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth New Mexico pulls plug on missing and murdered Indigenous people task force /local-news/2023-10-19/new-mexico-pulls-plug-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-task-force Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:31:02 GMT /local-news/2023-10-19/new-mexico-pulls-plug-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-task-force Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth MMIWR advocates work to stop confirmation of Indian Affairs secretary-designate /local-news/2023-02-24/mmiwr-advocates-work-to-stop-confirmation-of-indian-affairs-secretary-designate Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced earlier this month the appointment of the former governor of Pueblo de San Ildefonso James R. Mountain to lead the state’s Department of Indian Affairs. As he awaits confirmation by the state Senate in the remaining weeks of the legislative session, New Mexico In Depth’s Bella Davis reports Indigenous women leaders are fighting his nomination. Sat, 25 Feb 2023 01:16:20 GMT /local-news/2023-02-24/mmiwr-advocates-work-to-stop-confirmation-of-indian-affairs-secretary-designate Nash Jones Native-led nonprofit may move in at site of 2014 murders, long-awaited memorial still possible /local-news/2022-08-18/native-led-nonprofit-may-move-in-at-site-of-2014-murders-long-awaited-memorial-still-possible Eight years after the murders of two Indigenous men at a lot on Albuquerque’s westside, the city appears poised to make something meaningful of the site. Bella Davis (Yurok Tribe), Indigenous affairs reporter with New Mexico In Depth, spoke with ¾ÅÉ«Íø about her reporting on what happened there and what’s to come. Thu, 18 Aug 2022 22:42:43 GMT /local-news/2022-08-18/native-led-nonprofit-may-move-in-at-site-of-2014-murders-long-awaited-memorial-still-possible Nash Jones