Jeanette DeDios
ReporterJeanette DeDios is from the Jicarilla Apache and Diné Nations and grew up in Albuquerque, NM. She recently graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2022 where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Journalism, English and Film. She’s currently a part of the Local News Fund Fellowship where she will be working with KUNM-FM and NMPBS during her 9-month fellowship where she will gain hands-on newsroom experience. Jeanette can be contacted at jeanettededios@kunm.org or via Twitter @JeanetteDeDios.
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For many Native Ameicans, the dream of home ownership is often unimaginable, both on and off the reservation. That was certainly the case for Cheyenne River Sioux tribal member Tammy Granados. The new docu-series “From Hope to Home: What We Came Here For,” follows Granados on her path to buying a home, a dream that’s only achievable through the support of a community-led financial organization helping tribal members. -
Native American writer and director Billy Luther will be screening his latest film “Frybread Face and Me” in Santa Fe this Friday. The film is a coming-of-age- story about an urban Native American kid trying to reconnect with his culture and family who live on the Navajo Nation. -
Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján hosted a roundtable discussion Tuesday in Albuquerque with business leaders on President Trump’s implementation of tariffs and their impacts, and the prevailing theme was uncertainty. -
Cherokee writer and audio journalist Rebecca Nagel’s recently published book “By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land” explores the forced removal of Native people and the Supreme Court case that resulted in the largest restoration of tribal land in U.S. history. -
During the past legislative session, there were a number of efforts to change how the political body works. Those included bills to pay members of the only unpaid legislature in the country and altering the length of the annual sessions. But only one passed – House Joint Resolution 2, which would require New Mexico governors to give reasons behind a pocket veto. -
Thousands of New Mexicans gathered Saturday in downtown Albuquerque to oppose the Trump Administration. The event was one of about a dozen in New Mexico and many more nationwide. -
Long-time labor activist Dolores Huerta was at the Hands Off! protest in Albuquerque on Saturday. She’s originally from Dawson, New Mexico, and worked alongside César Chávez to co-founded the United Farmworkers. -
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Native American students make up 11% of public school enrollment in New Mexico. Yet there are not enough resources for them to learn their Native languages. A bill passed in the recent legislative session would create new schools under a state-tribal compact to address those gaps. -
New Mexico joins three other states that have created an alert system for missing Indigenous people. The bill unanimously passed both chambers on Thursday and now heads to the governor.
