WASHINGTON – Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced two major, bipartisan bills to address violence against Native women, children, and Tribal law enforcement: the Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act (NYTOPA) and the Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act (Justice for Native Survivors). […]
Native Americans have been largely absent from the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. But that could soon change. Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, won the Democratic nomination for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, and if predictions are correct, could become the first Native American woman in Congress. “Tonight, we made history,” […]
A young Texas girl suffered a fatal shock on Sunday after either plugging her phone in, or grabbing an already plugged in phone while she was in the bathtub, Texas authorities report. 14-year-old Lubbock, Texas teen, Madison Coe, was visiting her father in Lovington, New Mexico, when the incident occurred. Investigators reveal that the teen […]
Charges of murder have been leveled at two New Mexico police officers, Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez, that shot and killed a homeless man with a history of mental illness who was camping illegally in the foothills near Albuquerque in March of last year. 38-year-old James Boyd was shot and killed after officers contacted him […]
