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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 Festival's Native Forum Celebration by N. Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache), director of the Sundance Institute's Indigenous Program and Diversity, Equity and Inclusio...

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 locations of New Mexico where there is a need while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to course through the...

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 don't want to wait too long,” Balderas said.  "And now I’d like to disclose that we are concerned for the safety of employees and...

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 […]