Native American communities /tags/native-american-communities Native American communities en-US Copyright Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:58:55 GMT Federal energy regulators deny permits for a controversial project on the Navajo Nation /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 Groundbreaking Study Shows Indigenous People In N.M. Support Reproductive Freedom /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 Efforts To Count Tribal Communities Ramp Up As Early Census Deadline Approaches /local-news/2020-08-22/efforts-to-count-tribal-communities-ramp-up-as-early-census-deadline-approaches After COVID-19 hit, federal officials initially gave extra time to Census collectors to count every person living in the United States. But then they… Sat, 22 Aug 2020 05:10:44 GMT /local-news/2020-08-22/efforts-to-count-tribal-communities-ramp-up-as-early-census-deadline-approaches Kaveh Mowahed Gov. Approves Additions To Indian Education Law /public-health-new-mexico/2019-02-04/gov-approves-additions-to-indian-education-law New Mexico’s Indian Education Act just got an update. A bill signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday spells out how school districts must… Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:07:08 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-02-04/gov-approves-additions-to-indian-education-law Hannah Colton Native American Families Call For Systemic Change At APS /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-27/native-american-families-call-for-systemic-change-at-aps Albuquerque Public Schools is grappling with how to respond to critics who say the district disrespects and ignores Native American culture and history.A… Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:46:46 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-27/native-american-families-call-for-systemic-change-at-aps Hannah Colton Shutdown Disrupts Health Care For Native Americans In N.M. /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-11/shutdown-disrupts-health-care-for-native-americans-in-n-m Among the federal agencies left unfunded by the partial government shutdown is the Indian Health Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health… Fri, 11 Jan 2019 23:43:50 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-11/shutdown-disrupts-health-care-for-native-americans-in-n-m Hannah Colton Judge: New Mexico Provides Inadequate Education To At-Risk Students /public-health-new-mexico/2018-07-23/judge-new-mexico-provides-inadequate-education-to-at-risk-students The state of New Mexico has violated students’ constitutional rights by failing to provide an adequate public education, according to a landmark decision… Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:24:54 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2018-07-23/judge-new-mexico-provides-inadequate-education-to-at-risk-students Hannah Colton NM Counties Lose Years To Poverty And Drugs /public-health-new-mexico/2017-03-31/nm-counties-lose-years-to-poverty-and-drugs A new report breaks down potential years of life lost when people die before the age of 75 and younger people are dying earlier. There’s been an increase… Fri, 31 Mar 2017 23:45:36 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-03-31/nm-counties-lose-years-to-poverty-and-drugs