Doña Ana County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to update a 12-year-old “safe communities” resolution with new guidance protecting immigrant and blended communities in their interactions with county government.
The Santa Fe International Literary Festival begins this Friday and among the authors on the schedule is Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Jake Skeets. KUNM spoke with Jake Skeets, who just released his sophomore collection of poems titled “Horses.” It explores the meaning of the end of the world through a Navajo lens, and Skeets said he started writing it during the pandemic while teaching at Dine College in Arizona.
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Native communities face higher rates of diabetes compared to other groups. To combat this, some Native Americans are moving towards plant-based diets and lifestyles. KUNM spoke with Jenson Yazzie, a Diné college student who is a part of the Native Food for Life program.
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New Mexico Highlands University President Neil Woolf has been removed from his post by the school’s Board of Regents amid faculty dissatisfaction.