Bella Davis

In Santa Clara Pueblo, kids are connecting science with culture through a new curriculum initiative. This story is part of Indigenously Positive, a collaborative series from New Mexico In Depth and @NMPBS telling joyful stories from Native communities. nmindepth.com/2026/students-…

A bill that would’ve given tribal citizens the option to request a mark on their state-issued IDs identifying them as Native American — introduced partly in response to fears about ICE — failed to clear its last stop before passage, @bladvs reports. nmindepth.com/2026/bill-that…

The New Mexico Senate is calling for a study of the scope and ongoing impacts of forced sterilization of Indigenous women and women of color and, later, the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission, @bladvs reports. #nmleg nmindepth.com/2026/new-mexic…

With reports across the country of ICE agents detaining Native people, New Mexico lawmakers are considering a bill that would give tribal citizens the option to request a mark on their IDs identifying them as Native American. @NMInDepth nmindepth.com/2026/amid-fear…

This week begins our 2024 election interviews with @SenatorHeinrich, D-N.M. In collaboration with @NMInDepth, Indigenous Affairs Reporter Bella Davis speaks with several Native people about this election. Watch Friday at 7pm and stream on the PBS app. @bladvs @GwynethDoland

Elijah Hadley was a Mescalero Apache teenager walking along a highway in Otero County when a driver called 911 out of concern for his safety. The responding deputy shot at him over a dozen times, killing him. Community members are calling for charges. nmindepth.com/2024/community…

@damienwillis @NMInDepth @INN Thanks Damien!

I couldn't be more proud of @bladvs and all that she has accomplished through her reporting during her time at @NMInDepth. Congratulations on your recent @INN nomination, homie! Hope you bring home the "gold" for NM! 👏👏👏

At least 973 Native American children died at U.S.-run boarding schools between 1871-1969 Second Interior Department report identifies more tribes at 417 schools, unmarked graves and lays out a plan to heal sourcenm.com/2024/07/30/at-…

.@bladvs reports two of seven people the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department lists as members of a new advisory council on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People dispute that they are. So, who is on the council? nmindepth.com/2024/whos-on-n…

The following statement is from Bryant Furlow, an independent investigative journalist who regularly partners with @nmindepth, about his arrest yesterday during a police action on @UNM's main campus to clear a student Gaza solidarity encampment. nmindepth.com/2024/statement…

ProPublica distributed notecards to homeless people in Albuquerque and asked them about objects they had lost when their encampments were hauled away. Here's what they said. propublica.org/article/albuqu… @nicolesantacruz

@fabflutist2716 Thanks for sharing!

Check out @bladvs’s in-depth reporting on this agency & Mountain in the past. Here’s a good place to start: nmindepth.com/2023/native-ad…

Gov appoints new Indian Affairs Department secretary less than a year after last selection — Gov’s office says they’ll go through the vetting process to confirm the new appointee in the upcoming legislative session. #tncms-source=home-featured-7-block" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">abqjournal.com/news/gov-appoi…

A spokeswoman for @GovMLG apologized to Indigenous families with missing and murdered loved ones last Friday during a protest at the Roundhouse over the end of a state task force created to find solutions to the MMIWR crisis. nmindepth.com/2023/indigenou…

On the Navajo Nation, a daughter yearns for her mother, missing for five years. nmindepth.com/2023/on-the-na… via @bladvs @NMInDepth/@Report4America

Julia Vicente went missing from the Navajo Nation in 2018. Over five years later, her family still doesn’t know what happened to her, and her daughter says the police failed them. Thousands more Indigenous people have disappeared or been murdered. nmindepth.com/2023/on-the-na…

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's admin has quietly ended a task force created to find solutions to the missing and murdered Indigenous people crisis. Some members and lawmakers who advised them say their work was just beginning. @NMInDepth @Report4America nmindepth.com/2023/new-mexic…

‍For over 120 years, dams have had a chokehold on the Klamath River. Twenty years ago, tribal youth founded the Salmon Run to call for the removal of the dams after 70k salmon died before spawning. This year’s run will coincide with work to demolish them. underscore.news/reporting/this…

Mountain was accused of rape in 2007. The charges were later dropped. Several state lawmakers joined the group today to speak out against Mountain’s appointment. More background: nmindepth.com/2023/native-ad…

Native women-led orgs met at the Roundhouse today to demand @GovMLG withdraw her appointment of James Mountain as Indian Affairs secretary. The group put tape over their mouths to visualize “all that power but also the silencing that is happening.” @NMInDepth @Report4America

A Source NM reporter is spending this year looking closely at the aftermath of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon fire. We could use your help. Check out our story and form below if you've been affected by the fire or flood. And feel free to reach out, too. bit.ly/3EPLJQW