Indigenous women leaders make history in New Mexico
Originally published by Paris Wise for ICT
Breakfast burritos and boisterous auntie laughs filled a room in the New Mexico State Capitol the morning of the first session on Jan. 21.
It was a celebratory gathering with friends and family for the newly sworn in state Rep. Michelle Pauline Abeyta for District 69. Abeyta is a Democrat and Navajo Nation citizen.
Her husband, children, nieces, nephews, sisters, aunties and grandma were all in attendance to show their support and it meant a lot to Abeyta.