Posts Tagged ‘Vision Maker’
Voting For Future Generations: Economic Development
About one third of Native Americans in New Mexico currently below the poverty line, according to census data. Economic development and job growth, both on tribal lands and in urban areas, is a significant issue for Native families and tribes in the 2016 elections. In this installment of the series Elections 2016: Voting For Future…
Read MoreVoting For Future Generations: Education
The Obama administration launched the Generation Indigenous imitative last year to increase support for Native students across the country. In the first part of Elections 2016: Voting For Future Generations, Native educator Amidooli “Ami” Pacheco (Kewa) shares his thoughts on the connections between education and elections. Pacheco gave a talk on Indigenous education at a…
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