I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Officials in Gallup, New Mexico have signed an agreement with the Navajo Nation aimed at helping the two governments work together to address human rights in the city. The agreement is an initiative of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, which is working to prevent conflicts that surface in the towns and cities surrounding the Nation.
Officials in Farmington have balked at the historical language in the preamble of the agreement that acknowledges the history of human rights violations in the area, but are actively working with the NNHRC in attempts to reach an agreement. Officials in Albuquerque have indicated that they are also moving towards signing.
NNHRC Executive Director Leonard Gorman indicated in a statement that Gallup city officials were “proactive” about signing the agreement. In the statement, the NNHRC highlighted portions of the agreement that acknowledge the history that makes the agreement necessary and the intent of the agreement:
“Together the COMMISSION and the CITY intend to move forward by acknowledging that racism and other destructive actions were inflicted upon the Navajo and other indigenous peoples and minorities,” as stated in the MOA preamble. Then continues, “Those actions and ideas must be eliminated now and forever at every level of government and eventually in the hearts and minds of peoples.”
Gallup is the second to sign the agreement, following Grants, New Mexico back in April.
