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New Mexico School Cuts Feather From Lakota Student's Graduation Cap

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1 month ago

May 21, 2024

New Mexico School Cuts Feather From Lakota Student's Graduation Cap

A New Mexico high school senior—and Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe—was denied the opportunity to celebrate her graduation with a traditionally decorated cap, advocates say. Video from the Farmington High School commencement ceremony on May 13 shows two staffers approaching Genesis White Bull, taking her graduation cap, which was decorated with beadwork and a white feather plume, and handing her a plain cap in return. “That’s part of our culture, when we reach a milestone in our life, we as Lakotas decorate, do our beadwork and place our plume on them,” White Bull’s mother tells the Tri-City Record, adding that the family had prayed over the plume, known as an aópazan, before placing it on White Bull’s head.

When her mother saw what happened, she approached the staff members and asked to be allowed to remove the aópazan herself; instead, she says, they cut it from the cap with scissors. Per the Guardian, the school district initially said the staffers were “following district guidelines” before ultimately apologizing in a later statement. “To learn from this experience and to improve our school community, we will continue to collaborate with groups within the Navajo Nation and other community stakeholders to begin the healing process and figure out the best ways to move forward,” it says. The first lady of the Navajo Nation and the ACLU of New Mexico both issued statements supporting White Bull. (More New Mexico stories.)

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Heavy rain possible in parts of New Mexico this weekend

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2 hours ago

June 29, 2024

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Heavy rain possible in parts of New Mexico this weekend

Grant’s Friday Night Forecast

More moisture will be moving into New Mexico through the weekend. Afternoon rain and thunderstorm chances will then increase into early next week.

Drier air moved in to end the week. A few isolated showers and storms still developed though, mainly in western New Mexico. Rain has ended tonight, but a backdoor cold front will be moving into northeastern New Mexico. This front will increase the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, and bring upslope flow along the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. That could lead to heavy rainfall over the mountains Saturday afternoon. More showers and thunderstorms will develop across the state Saturday with more monsoon moisture moving in. Locally heavy rainfall will again be possible, with Flood Watches in effect for burn scar areas.

Even more monsoon moisture moves in Sunday and Monday, and this will bring increasing rain chances through Monday afternoon. Once again, storms will be capable of heavy rainfall each day, so flash flooding will be possible. More storms will continue into Wednesday, with the heaviest of the rain falling in western and northern parts of New Mexico. The southeast part of the state will stay the driest and hottest.

Drier weather moves in for almost all of New Mexico for the Fourth of July. However, another surge of monsoon moisture will likely move in on that Friday, bringing back scattered afternoon storm chances.

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New Mexico Living Pet Pics June 28, 2024

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9 hours ago

June 28, 2024

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The Garcia Subaru Pet Pics segment highlights New Mexico Living viewers’ pets. Friday’s pet of the day is Twiggs. She is an 8-month-old foster fail who was adopted from Watermelon Mountain Ranch in January by Jessica Morning. Twiggs was named for her love of sticks. She spends her days getting into things she shouldn’t, annoying her three rescue siblings, and barking at things that are not there.

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Kira Miner: Slightly drier but still relatively muggy Friday

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16 hours ago

June 28, 2024

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Kira Miner: Slightly drier but still relatively muggy Friday

Drier air will move in but it will still be relatively muggy and warm. See the latest conditions at KOB.com/Weather.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Drier air will move in Friday but it will still be hot and relatively muggy with some spotty storms and partly cloudy conditions.

Temperatures will reach the triple digits in southern New Mexico, except for Ruidoso and Silver City. The Four Corners will see 80s and 90s. Red River will get to around 75° in the northern mountains.

A greater chance of storms is coming this weekend.

Meteorologist Kira Miner shares all the details in her full forecast in the video above.

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