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5.1.2026 <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>In this episode of Indigenously Positive, reporter Bella Davis visits the Mescalero Apache reservation to learn how high school students are creating wildfire and flood sensors to protect their community from natural disasters. Indigenously Positive is a collaborative series from NMPBS and nonprofit newsroom New Mexico In Depth telling joyful stories from Native communities around our state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Host\/Producer:<\/strong> Bella Davis (Yurok)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director\/Producer:<\/strong> Benjamin C Yazza (Din\u00e9)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests:<\/strong>\u00a0
Cody Rice, Mescalero Apache School junior\u00a0\u00a0
Anavay Wheeler, Mescalero Apache School junior\u00a0\u00a0
Audrina Reynold, Mescalero Apache School sophomore\u00a0\u00a0
Hendrick Aldava, Mescalero Apache School junior\u00a0\u00a0
Nate Raynor, Mescalero Apache School STEM director\u00a0\u00a0
East Padilla, Mescalero Apache Tribe Division of Resource Management and Protection employee\u00a0\u00a0
John Salazar, Mescalero Tribal Fish Hatchery supervisor\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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