McKenzie Johnson /tags/mckenzie-johnson McKenzie Johnson en-US Copyright Wed, 01 May 2024 22:04:26 GMT Native American student at the center of NM Supreme Court case speaks out /local-news/2024-05-01/native-american-student-at-the-center-of-nm-supreme-court-case-speaks-out This week the New Mexico Supreme Court heard a case stemming from a lawsuit against Albuquerque Public Schools over the interactions of a high school teacher with a Native American student. That student, McKenzie Johnson, spoke with ¾ÅÉ«Íø about that Halloween day in 2018. She says teacher Mary Eastin offered one student dog food, brandished a box cutter, then used scissors to cut another Native American student’s hair before calling Johnson, who is Navajo, a “bloody Indian.†Wed, 01 May 2024 22:04:26 GMT /local-news/2024-05-01/native-american-student-at-the-center-of-nm-supreme-court-case-speaks-out Jeanette DeDios New Mexico Supreme Court hearing gives students an in-person look at a teacher discrimination case /local-news/2024-04-30/new-mexico-supreme-court-hearing-gives-students-an-in-person-look-at-a-teacher-discrimination-case On Monday, the New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments from a 2018 lawsuit against Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) over the behavior of a high school teacher towards Native American students. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:01:03 GMT /local-news/2024-04-30/new-mexico-supreme-court-hearing-gives-students-an-in-person-look-at-a-teacher-discrimination-case Jeanette DeDios