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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: IAIA Funding Threatened; MLK, Jr. Commission's New Leader
Description: This week, questions are swirling for Santa Fe's Institute of the American Indian Arts as the school's federal funding is threatened to be cut. Robert Martin, president of the institute, gave Senior Producer Lou DiVizio his perspective on the school's importance to indigenous culture and its uncertain future.In March, the New Mexico Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission named Dannelle Kirven as its new executive director. This week, Kirven stopped by the studio for a conversation with Lou about her group's work in 2025, at a time when the federal government has...