Environment
Protecting Water In Standing Rock And New Mexico
February 10, 2017 – The Cheyenne River Sioux and Standing Rock Sioux tribes have vowed to continue to fight the Dakota Access Pipeline in court. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a final easement for the project earlier this week. New Mexico filmmaker Tony Estrada was at the Oceti Sakowin, Rosebud Sioux, Hunkpapa Sioux…
Read MoreHow the repeal of the ACA could effect New Mexico, reforming ethics to help the local economy, protecting water in Standing Rock and New Mexico, tribal leaders discuss priorities on American Indian Day, and a discussion about behavioral health funding.
This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Gwyneth Doland reports from the Roundhouse on efforts to create an independent ethics commission and she speaks with the new Secretary of State about increasing transparency. Correspondent Antonia Gonzales, at the Roundhouse on American Indian Day, speaks with current and future leaders about priorities for their tribes. Both interviews…
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