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Timeline: Gathering of Nations from first to last dance
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (419+ words) Native American dancers crowd the floor following the grand entrance of the annual Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque in 2015." 1983:"Derek Mathews, an educator, holds a Native American student powwow at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, with hundreds…...
Powwow-goers swept by nostalgia ahead of final Gathering of Nations
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1145+ words) PERALTA " Beverly Moran carefully opened the book of images, and the years flooded back " years of dancing Northern Traditional Buckskin with fringed shawls, feathered fans and graceful swaying on the lighted powwow floor. "It's about being a part of something…...
With limited budget and powers, and a huge task ahead, New Mexico's first child advocate starts work
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1178+ words) Dawn Walters is not daunted by the task of being the state's newest watchdog for its troubled Children, Youth and Families Department. Walters, 37, started assembling the brand-new Office of Child Advocate on Monday, an agency she will have to build…...
Final Gathering of Nations: Last dance coming for North America's largest powwow
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1768+ words) Slick Phelps makes his way past Tingley Coliseum while participating in the Horse and Rider Regalia Parade at the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque in 2024. More than 2, 000 dancers from across the country fill the floor of The Pit during the…...
New Mexico legislative leaders preview plan to boost land grant and acequia funding
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (878+ words) A group of New Mexico legislators and advocates are pushing for permanent state funding for land grants and acequias after a series of natural disasters have left many of the locally governed, historic communities struggling. At a news conference in…...
Taos Pueblo calls for 'Red Willow Park' rename with conditions
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (813+ words) Donna Chrysler walks past Kit Carson's grave inside of Taos' Kit Carson Park in 2024. The town's Kit Carson Renaming Committee indicated last week it will bring the pueblo's recommended name, "Red Willow Park," to the town council at a Nov....
'Wildfire season' is disappearing. How can New Mexico prepare for year-round risk?
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1399+ words) Forest Stewards Guild crew worker Maya Hilty examines a cut while performing a forest thinning project Thursday near the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary. Chain saws buzzed. Axes thunked into trunks. The notched tree tipped slowly, then shuddered to the…...
Expand comment period for Chaco Canyon protections
2+ week, 3+ day ago (498+ words) Seven days is not enough time to gather comments about the future of currently protected lands around Chaco Canyon. That's especially true when the bulk of those seven days falls during Holy Week, a time of significance for many of…...
BLM opens comment period on proposal to shrink or remove Chaco Canyon buffer zone
2+ week, 4+ day ago (517+ words) The U. S. Bureau of Land Management took a step this week toward potentially ending Chaco Canyon protections from oil and gas drilling activity, a move that raised concerns among Pueblo people with ties to the culturally significant area and drew sharp…...
Pueblo leaders fly over Chaco Canyon before heading to D. C. to lobby for drilling buffer
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (847+ words) Roads and oil and gas drilling sites cover the area outside of the 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Canyon. ALBUQUERQUE " Haze and hot air balloons lined the road to the Double Eagle II Airport early Sunday morning. Pojoaque Pueblo Gov....