Posts by Bella Davis
Gaza Looms Over Election for some Native People
Nicole Pelt (Diné) says she’s voting for Kamala Harris, partly because she’s worried a second Donald Trump presidency will lead to lost reproductive and LGBTQ rights. She mentions Project 2025, a 920-page policy plan crafted in part by former Trump administration officials. It proposes, among many other initiatives, significantly expanding presidential power, banning abortion pills…
Read MoreBefore it was disbanded, state task force gave hope to Indigenous families with missing or murdered loved ones
Zachariah Juwaun Shorty was a compassionate, fun-loving 23-year-old who enjoyed making music and tattooing. A father, a brother and a grandson, he would “fill the room with just a smile,” his mother, Vangie Randall-Shorty (Diné), told me shortly after we met last fall. She remembers occasions when, while in the car together, they’d see someone…
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