Colorado Springs is home to about 2,500 deaf residents and about 150 American Sign Language interpreters. As required by the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, businesses, schools, medical offices
Dr. Carmela Roybal has been hired as the new executive director of the University of New Mexico’s Native American Budget and Policy Institute. In her new role, Roybal will direct and oversee research, budget and policy analysis, policy advocacy, and will.
Tiffany Reid, Diné (Navajo) went missing in 2004. She was 17.
Law enforcement has still not entered her case into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), her cousin, Becky Johnson, said. Johnson is a member of the state Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) Task Force established by House Bill 278 in 2019. The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department convened the task force and the group released its first report to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the public and state legislators Wednesday.
The NCIC is a system that enables law enforcement to share information across jurisdictions. Johnson said that the Navajo Nation does not have access to add names to the NCIC.