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Reel Indian Pictures
There’s been a recent surge in authentic depictions of Native American people and stories in pop culture. In honor of Native American Heritage Month, KUNM discussed this shift with author and filmmaker Ramona Emerson, and the struggle she faced as a Diné writer to get her debut novel published.
KUNM News Update
Sen. Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics, D-Cerrillos, listen as Environment Secretary James Kenney, right, and Rebecca Roose, senior infrastructure advisor to the Governor, left, present Senate Bill 292, a bill to create a strategic water supply program, to the Senate Conservation Committee, Wednesday, February 14, 2024. The committee moved the bill on to the Senate Finance Committee with no recommendation.
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Source New Mexico
More details are now available about a controversial plan to use treated produced and brackish water for industrial purposes. Produced water is a byproduct of oil and gas extraction.
Join host Allison Davis for a live in-studio performance by genre-bending musicians Meadors • Tolousse • Brown
University Showcase
Buddy Smith and his family on the Navajo Nation
Milton Jack Snow
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Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
In this encore episode, we hear from the curators of the exhibit “Nothing Left For Me: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah,” which looks at the brutal impact of the Navajo Livestock Reduction imposed upon Diné communities and homelands by U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier starting in the 1930s.

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