No they don’t listen!
Ground Hog Day!
Several years ago, Regis Pecos worked long and hard with the tribes and nations to create the Tribal Remedy Framework, which shows what is needed to satisfy the Yazzie segment of the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit.
In our Tribal Law Study, I wrote the Education article, which links to the framework. I explained what is going on in the fragmented multi-jurisdictional system. It’s on the website under Program if you’re interested.
Indigenous students have the lowest levels of academic proficiency in NM. Regis was one of my panelists on the NM Listens Education webinar. He has appeared frequently at the legislature in committees and has testified as the nationally recognized expert on the subject. One time, he presented the findings to the whole legislature when Steinhaus was PED secretary. Deja vu.
Last session, Derrick Lente proposed a massive increase for Indian education in a bill that would have passed. It was already part of the state budget proposal and would have funded the overhaul needed to address deficiencies. Regis spoke on the floor again. As I recall, Lente’s bill passed, but he withdrew it inexplicably. I don’t understand what happened.
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