Important story from Bella Davis here. Some of the responses to Bella's questions are of particular note.

A Source NM reporter is spending this year looking closely at the aftermath of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon fire. We could use your help. Check out our story and form below if you've been affected by the fire or flood. And feel free to reach out, too. bit.ly/3EPLJQW

‍For over 120 years, dams have had a chokehold on the Klamath River. Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of the dams after 70k salmon died before spawning. This year’s run will coincide with work to demolish them. underscore.news/reporting/this…

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's admin has quietly ended a task force created to find solutions to the missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis. Some members and lawmakers who advised them say their work was just beginning. New Mexico In Depth Report for America nmindepth.com/2023/new-mexic…

Julia Vicente went missing from the Navajo Nation in 2018. Over five years later, her family still doesn’t know what happened to her, and her daughter says the police failed them. Thousands more Indigenous people have disappeared or been murdered. nmindepth.com/2023/on-the-na…

On the Navajo Nation, a daughter yearns for her mother, missing for five years. nmindepth.com/2023/on-the-na… via Bella Davis New Mexico In Depth/Report for America

A spokeswoman for Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham apologized to Indigenous families with missing and murdered loved ones last Friday during a protest at the Roundhouse over the end of a state task force created to find solutions to the MMIWR crisis. nmindepth.com/2023/indigenou…

ProPublica distributed notecards to homeless people in Albuquerque and asked them about objects they had lost when their encampments were hauled away. Here's what they said. propublica.org/article/albuqu… Nicole Santa Cruz

The following statement is from Bryant Furlow, an independent investigative journalist who regularly partners with @nmindepth, about his arrest yesterday during a police action on Univ. of New Mexico's main campus to clear a student Gaza solidarity encampment. nmindepth.com/2024/statement…

.Bella Davis reports two of seven people the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department lists as members of a new advisory council on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People dispute that they are. So, who is on the council? nmindepth.com/2024/whos-on-n…

At least 973 Native American children died at U.S.-run boarding schools between 1871-1969 Second Interior Department report identifies more tribes at 417 schools, unmarked graves and lays out a plan to heal sourcenm.com/2024/07/30/at-…

Elijah Hadley was a Mescalero Apache teenager walking along a highway in Otero County when a driver called 911 out of concern for his safety. The responding deputy shot at him over a dozen times, killing him. Community members are calling for charges. nmindepth.com/2024/community…

This week begins our 2024 election interviews with Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. In collaboration with New Mexico In Depth, Indigenous Affairs Reporter Bella Davis speaks with several Native people about this election. Watch Friday at 7pm and stream on the PBS app. Bella Davis Gwyneth Doland