Melanie Stansbury: “That was so important for ensuring that our Tribal nations could control access to the ballot box.”

As a New Mexican, this is personal.

If an individual — regardless of if they are in law enforcement or not — did so, they must be held accountable.

What we need is justice and accountability for the survivors, not just in New Mexico but all across the country.

If you’re a teacher and you really want to work in a tribal community, whether you are a Native person yourself or not, and you’re looking at the difference of getting paid, let’s say, $50,000 by the federal government versus going and…