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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…

New Mexico set to create ‘Turquoise Alert’ system for missing Indigenous people

March 27, 2025

Protesters hold signs demanding action and answers. One reads "I want answers" with a photo, another "FBI - Do Your Job," and a third mentions Ruben Begay and justice.

This story was originally published at New Mexico In Depth, a NMPBS partner. By Bella Davis New Mexico is set to become the fourth state to create an alert system meant to help find Native Americans who have gone missing. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham plans to sign Senate Bill 41 into law, establishing a Turquoise…

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