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Trump should reconvene missing and murdered Indigenous people commission, advocates say

May 5, 2025

A roadside billboard reads "Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons" with contact information, set in a desert landscape with bushes and distant mountains.

This story was originally published at New Mexico In Depth, a NMPBS partner. By Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth Two Indigenous advocates are calling on President Donald Trump to reassemble a federal commission focused on a national crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The Not Invisible Act Commission traveled the country in 2023,…

Two Indigenous climate organizers on the importance of building community

April 9, 2025

Two women are smiling against a pink dotted background with the text "Self-Care is Community Care" and logos for NMPBS and Indigenously Positive.

By Bella Davis On a warm March afternoon in Albuquerque, Reyes DeVore (Jemez Pueblo), standing in front of a mural depicting two young Pueblo people, spoke about what being a “good descendent” of ancestors who resisted Spanish colonization means to her. A couple days later, in the bosque, Cheyenne Antonio (Diné) smiled as she detailed…