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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The 2025 session of the New Mexico state legislature is nearly over and it was a first for a number of newly elected lawmakers, including Rep. Michelle Pauline Abyeta (D-To'hajiilee) who is Diné. Her large district encompasses six counties west of Albuquerque, from White Rock all the way to Alamo Navajo Reservation. Abeyta told KUNM her priority for this session is to have bills that touch every demographic in her district. -
An estimated 40,000 New Mexico children were raised by grandparents or a relative besides their parents in 2024, according to the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department. A bill in the legislature would create a pilot program to assist these kinship caregivers. -
Native Americans go missing at a higher rate than the national average. According to the New Mexico Department of Justice, Native people account for 16% of missing persons in New Mexico. A bill in the legislature would help address that with a new alert system. -
A bill requiring insurance coverage for fertility preservation services was tabled on Wednesday by the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee. -
New Mexico PBS and New Mexico in Depth are collaborating on a new series highlighting Indigenous joy while also discussing challenges like how Native Americans are portrayed in the media. -
For the second time in two weeks, people gathered in New Mexico to protest the actions of the Trump Administration. There were marches at the state capitol in Santa Fe and at Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza. -
A bill that would prohibit school boards from banning tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies unanimously passed its first committee on Tuesday. The bill stems from an incident that happened last May in Farmington, NM. A Native American high school graduate was told to remove their embellished graduation cap that had an eagle plume and beads. -
Since President Trump issued numerous executive orders last month related to immigration enforcement, some Native American communities have raised concerns over the safety of tribal members, with reports of some being detained and being misidentified as immigrants. -
Hundreds of people gathered to object to the flurry of executive orders cutting federal spending and targeting diversity initiatives, among other actions. -
Nurses were in force at the Roundhouse on Monday to support a bill in front of the House Health and Human Services Committee that would help create minimum staffing ratios in New Mexico hospitals.
