/tags/tribal-affairs Tribal Affairs en-US Copyright Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:23:30 GMT /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/2023-09-11/state-announces-more-than-100m-in-final-round-of-broadband-funding In the pueblo of Laguna on September 8, officials held a small ceremony to celebrate a grant of more than $9 million which officials said would help pay for nearly 200 miles of cable, serving 1500 homes. Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:28:29 GMT /local-news/2023-09-11/state-announces-more-than-100m-in-final-round-of-broadband-funding Alice Fordham /kunm-news-update/2023-02-03/fri-resource-drilling-near-chaco-canyon-takes-a-blow-158m-awarded-for-tribal-water-rights-more Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:58:50 GMT /kunm-news-update/2023-02-03/fri-resource-drilling-near-chaco-canyon-takes-a-blow-158m-awarded-for-tribal-water-rights-more ��ɫ�� News /local-news/2022-08-19/santa-fe-indian-school-is-connecting-tribal-communities-to-broadband-access-to-improve-native-education Five tribal organizations in New Mexico will share over $146 million from the federal infrastructure act to improve broadband infrastructure. The largest award is going to the Santa Fe Indian School, which plans to use its $57 million to bridge the gap of internet access across several tribal communities around the state. ��ɫ�� talks with Kimball Sekaquaptewa, chief technology director, for the school about how helping a network of communities serves its mission to provide education to Native children. Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:09:08 GMT /local-news/2022-08-19/santa-fe-indian-school-is-connecting-tribal-communities-to-broadband-access-to-improve-native-education Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2021-08-19/tribal-leaders-call-for-self-determination-in-redistricting As New Mexico redraws the district boundaries for its state legislature, U.S. House and Public Education Commission, pueblos across the state are… Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:39:31 GMT /local-news/2021-08-19/tribal-leaders-call-for-self-determination-in-redistricting Nash Jones /news/2021-06-24/its-owed-advocates-call-for-more-federal-investment-in-indigenous-language-revitalization Outside of their home in Bernalillo, N.M., 11-year-old Mililani Suina and her 8-year-old brother Marshall talk about some of their favorite foods from… Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:12:33 GMT /news/2021-06-24/its-owed-advocates-call-for-more-federal-investment-in-indigenous-language-revitalization /news/2021-06-09/how-many-indigenous-people-died-from-covid-19-unknown This story is produced by the Indigenous Investigative Collective , a project of the Native American Journalists Association in partnership with High… Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:05:12 GMT /news/2021-06-09/how-many-indigenous-people-died-from-covid-19-unknown Jourdan Bennett-Begaye /news/2021-05-30/scotus-examines-the-jurisdictional-maze-hamstringing-tribal-law-enforcement U.S. Highway 550 runs from Montrose, Colo., to Bernailillo, N.M. If you drive all 300 miles of it, you'll weave in and out of tribal land more than a… Mon, 31 May 2021 01:37:29 GMT /news/2021-05-30/scotus-examines-the-jurisdictional-maze-hamstringing-tribal-law-enforcement /news/2021-05-10/mountain-west-community-tribal-college-leaders-welcome-bidens-education-proposal President Biden has laid out his vision for the future of public education, which includes a nationwide community college tuition waiver for all Americans… Mon, 10 May 2021 19:29:49 GMT /news/2021-05-10/mountain-west-community-tribal-college-leaders-welcome-bidens-education-proposal /news/2021-05-05/tribes-20b-in-aid-could-be-transformative-if-feds-learn-from-botched-cares-act-rollout Many tribal leaders are used to stretching every dollar that comes their way. Last year, they were faced with a different problem: millions in badly… Wed, 05 May 2021 22:01:33 GMT /news/2021-05-05/tribes-20b-in-aid-could-be-transformative-if-feds-learn-from-botched-cares-act-rollout