/tags/indigenous-communities indigenous communities en-US Copyright Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:55:26 GMT /local-news/2025-02-10/native-american-communities-concerned-for-safety-with-immigration-enforcement Since President Trump issued numerous executive orders last month related to immigration enforcement, some Native American communities have raised concerns over the safety of tribal members, with reports of some being detained and being misidentified as immigrants. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:55:26 GMT /local-news/2025-02-10/native-american-communities-concerned-for-safety-with-immigration-enforcement Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2024-10-03/food-banks-struggle-to-bridge-the-gap-in-indigenous-communities Despite some progress like free, universal school meals, Native communities suffer disproportionate levels of food insecurity Thu, 03 Oct 2024 20:40:22 GMT /local-news/2024-10-03/food-banks-struggle-to-bridge-the-gap-in-indigenous-communities Alice Fordham /local-news/2024-02-23/seized-tribal-lands-generate-billions-for-land-grant-universities Land grant universities across the U.S. earn over $2.2B annually from oil and gas extraction on lands that were taken from Indigenous tribes. That includes New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. But, tribes almost never see a penny of it. That’s one of the recent findings of an investigation by environmental news outlet Grist. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:23:30 GMT /local-news/2024-02-23/seized-tribal-lands-generate-billions-for-land-grant-universities Bryce Dix /local-news/2024-02-16/federal-energy-regulators-deny-permits-for-a-controversial-project-on-the-navajo-nation The hydropower company Nature and People First had proposed a "pumped storage" project in the Black Mesa area. Indigenous advocates are celebrating the decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:58:55 GMT /local-news/2024-02-16/federal-energy-regulators-deny-permits-for-a-controversial-project-on-the-navajo-nation Alex Hager /local-news/2024-02-12/tax-package-would-create-new-credits-for-electric-vehicles A package that has numerous climate tax credits including one for electric vehicles and charging stations passed the Senate Monday. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 04:53:22 GMT /local-news/2024-02-12/tax-package-would-create-new-credits-for-electric-vehicles Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2023-12-05/families-search-for-answers-at-missing-in-new-mexico-day Families gathered in Albuquerque on Sunday for the second annual Missing in New Mexico Day. Nearly 200 Native Americans are missing from the state and the Navajo Nation, according to an FBI list last updated in November. The event provides face-to-face conversations with law enforcement and information about resources like search and rescue teams. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:03:48 GMT /local-news/2023-12-05/families-search-for-answers-at-missing-in-new-mexico-day Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth /local-news/2022-12-14/proposal-for-oil-gas-man-camp-in-greater-chaco-sparks-concern-of-violence A proposal from the oil and gas industry to set up a 75-person “man camp” in the Greater Chaco area has advocates and environmentalists up in arms about the impacts it could have on the land and on rates of sexual violence in the region. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:14:35 GMT /local-news/2022-12-14/proposal-for-oil-gas-man-camp-in-greater-chaco-sparks-concern-of-violence Bryce Dix /local-news/2022-04-08/long-overdue-uranium-mine-cleanups-leave-question-of-jobs Thousands of uranium mines lie abandoned across New Mexico and the Southwest. Now, lawsuit settlement money from large corporations and the U.S. Government is being pumped in to cleaning them up. Could that mean jobs as well as a healthier environment for New Mexicans? Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:13:21 GMT /local-news/2022-04-08/long-overdue-uranium-mine-cleanups-leave-question-of-jobs Bryce Dix /show/university-showcase/2022-02-17/researchers-find-community-is-key-to-high-covid-19-vaccination-rates-in-indigenous-communities On this episode we talk with two University of New Mexico scholars about why Indigenous communities have such high rates of vaccination against COVID-19, despite a long history of colonization that has created distrust in government and medical institutions. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 06:12:48 GMT /show/university-showcase/2022-02-17/researchers-find-community-is-key-to-high-covid-19-vaccination-rates-in-indigenous-communities Megan Kamerick /local-news/2020-10-28/groundbreaking-study-shows-indigenous-people-in-n-m-support-reproductive-freedom The confirmation of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday raises concerns about preserving access to abortion and other… Thu, 29 Oct 2020 01:00:35 GMT /local-news/2020-10-28/groundbreaking-study-shows-indigenous-people-in-n-m-support-reproductive-freedom Hannah Colton