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Caprock Chronicles: The Mescalero Apaches in West Texas Sherry Robinson Editor’s Note: The Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker a retired librarian from Texas Tech University Library. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article is by Sherry Robinson, the author of “I Fought a Good Fight: A History of the Lipan Apaches.” When the government created a reservation for Mescalero Apaches in southeastern New Mexico in 1873, near Fort Stanton, it soon drew to it Lipans...

President Joe Biden is expected to sign the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill into law on Friday. It includes the largest ever one-time federal investment

The assault took place within tribal lands in Otero County.

Article The photography by Mary F. Calvert was supported by the Pulitzer Center and funding from the Lena Grant sponsored by HumanEYES USA and WPOW (Women Photojournalists of Washington) If, as widely expected, New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland survives her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday and is sworn in as secretary of the interior, she will make history as the first Native American ever to serve in a presidential Cabinet. But representation is only half the battle. From day o...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... “The Scorpion’s Tail” has been ranked as high as No. 2 on the New York Times bestseller lists for Hardcover Fiction and for Combined Print and E-Book Fiction, co-author Douglas Preston said. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child know how to write thrillers in tandem. Many have...

Indigenous-made films, new fellows, and the grand opening of the film festival all give a gracious nod to Indigenous inclusion at Sundance 2021

Sundance Institute Announces Marja Bål Nango As 2021 Merata Mita Fellow Marja Bål Nango is a film director, screenwriter and producer.by BWW News Desk Sundance Institute today announced Marja Bål Nango (Sámi) as the 2021 recipient of the Merata Mita Fellowship, an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker Merata Mita (1942-2010). The announcement was delivered today at the 2021 Sundance Film Festivals Native Forum Celebration by N. Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne/Mescalero ...

Burrell College student group Protect NM donating PPE to areas in need Leah Romero, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - Protect NM, a group of students from Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, is asking for donations of personal protective equipment they can distribute to health care providers in New Mexico. The roughly 20-person group is a Las Cruces branch of the University of New Mexico division in Albuquerque. Its mission is to provide PPE to health care providers in locat...

Created: January 19, 2021 09:20 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin was arrested for his involvement in the U.S. Capitol riots, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas swiftly called on him to resign.  Attorney General Balderas said he has substantial evidence in his criminal and civil investigations against Griffin, in addition to the federal prosecution.  "I will seek a more timely removal. In other words, I dont want to wait too long,” Bal...

In a court filing on Tuesday, the federal government argued that Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin should remain in custody because of the danger he poses to the public, and “a disdain for legal authority.” Griffin is the leader of the political group Cowboys for Trump, a pro-Donald Trump group that has led protests in […]