Kate Schimel

New Mexico

News and Investigations Editor at High Country News

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Articles

President Biden to apologize for federal Indian boarding schools

Oct 24, 2024 | hcn.org | Kate Schimel

President Joe Biden plans to apologize tomorrow morning for the federal government’s Indian boarding school program, officials with the Department of Interior have confirmed. The president is expected to deliver the apology at the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, alongside leaders from tribal nations, survivors of the board schools and their families, and contributors to the government’s two-year investigation into the schools.
What to read next about Latinos in the 2024 election

Oct 4, 2024 | hcn.org | Kate Schimel

Across the country, Latinos occupy an increasingly sought-after position of influence in the election: swing voters in swing states. In total, an estimated 17.5 million Latinos are expected to vote this fall, many of them in states that could help determine the outcome of the presidential election. In Nevada, Latinos make up 20%of registered voters. In Arizona, they make up a quarter of the population.
Short-lived or shallow, it’s still water

Oct 2, 2023 | hcn.org | Kate Schimel

On a late summer evening, I stood in the rain in the park near my house, waiting for the dog to pee and watching the waters uncharacteristically fill the riprap-laden ditch that runs through the center of the park. They pushed the leaves and trash downstream, flowing around shopping carts and discarded appliances and nudging discarded clothes and garbage bags toward the river. I saw a coyote, patchy with mange, run along the edge of the waterway.
Biden administration pauses copper mining project on Oak Flat, a sacred Apache site

May 23, 2023 | grist.org | Kate Schimel