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Improving the Health and Safety of Indigenous Mothers and Infants

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4.14.23 – A new report spotlights some of the federal government’s shortcomings when it comes to Indigenous health care — specifically for mothers and newborns. Maternal mortality among American Indians and Alaska natives ranges from 2 to 4-and-a-half times the rate for non-Hispanic white women. New Mexico in Focus correspondent Antonia Gonzales spoke with the…

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Upending the West’s Water Narratives

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12.23.2022 – Andrew Curley is a professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Geography, Development & Environment. His research focuses on the “everyday incorporation of Indigenous nations into colonial economies” including fossil fuel development in the U.S. Southwest and creation of the Central Arizona Project off the Colorado River. In conversation with correspondent Laura…

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