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KUNM News Update
Crystal Zamora, of Albuquerque, N.M., performs with the Ehecatl Aztec Dancers on Indigenous Peoples Day 2019, at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
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As Native Americans across the U.S. come together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face, many will do so with a focus on the election.
Local News
Indian Affairs Secretary Josett Monette, center, talks about the department's response to a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people on July 15.
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New Mexico In Depth
The public won’t be allowed to make comments at a state-run meeting this week about a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Let's Talk New Mexico
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The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 should have given Native Americans the right to vote, but in New Mexico and other states it took decades more to materialize, and some of the same challenges to Natives voting are still present today. On the next Let's Talk New Mexico we'll discuss barriers to Natives voting and the political power their votes represent.