Supreme Court Rules Tribal Police Can Detain Non-Natives, But Problems Remain
By Savannah Maher
June 9, 2021
On a recent patrol shift along U.S. Highway 550 in northern New Mexico, police officer Jerome Lucero spotted a driver going 30 mph in a 70 mph zone.
“That gave me a red flag,” Lucero says. “So, I initiated my lights and sirens, but it took me about a mile to get [the driver’s] attention.”
When he approached the vehicle, there were more red flags.
“His pupils were restricted. They were so tiny, like a pin dot. And he didn’t even know where he was going. He thought he was still in Albuquerque,” Lucero says.
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Tent rock formations rise from the valley floor on land in the Jemez River Valley that the federal government plans to purchase to expand the Santa Fe National Forest. (Source: U.S. Forest Service)
SANTA FE, N.M. The federal government plans to purchase a private ranch in the Jemez River Valley to expand the Santa Fe National Forest in northern New Mexico.
Acquisition of the 3.1 square miles will both protect land rich in natural and cultural resources and provide public access to areas of the forest currently difficult to reach, officials said Friday in a statement announcing the purchase.
Navajo Scholar Dr. Jennifer Denetdale Rewrites Diné History To Include Overlooked Leadership Roles Of Women - 8:09 am
Navajo scholar and historian Dr. Jennifer Denetdale looks deeper into Diné history to bring matriarchal leadership to the surface. Courtesy/NHS
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CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH, (WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION) Navajo historian Dr. Jennifer Denetdale rewrites Diné history to include the overlooked leadership roles of Diné women.
To her credit, Dr. Denetdale is a professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Director of UNM’s Institute for American Indian Research, and the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission Chair. She’s also the first Dine person to have earned a Ph.D. in History.
U.S. Highway 550 runs from Montrose, Colo., to Bernailillo, N.M. If you drive all 300 miles of it, you'll weave in and out of tribal land more than a dozen