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Tewa Women United

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Founded and led by Indigenous women, we are a multicultural + multiracial organization braiding environmental, reproductive, + gender justice. Based in the Tewa homelands, aka Española, Northern New Mexico. www.tewawomenunited.org

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · Feb 6

"As we heal ourselves, we heal our ancestors and transform the world for our children."

- Dr. Corrine Sanchez
Tewa Women United executive director

#HealingJustice #BelovedCommunity #Tewa #NewMexico

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Power and Light @powerandlight.bsky.social · 12h

Link to TED talk on the Doctrine of Discovery for this Indigenous People's Day:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOkt...

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 11h

The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in #ABQ #NewMexico is hosting a great #IndigenousPeoplesDay gathering on Monday, October 13. Dances, comedy from Ricardo Cate, and more...

indianpueblo.org/event/indige...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025 | Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Honor the past, celebrate the present.

indianpueblo.org

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xinachtligirls.bsky.social @xinachtligirls.bsky.social · 12h

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we are witnessing a modern-day atrocity: the state-sponsored kidnapping of our youth by ICE. They are being taken off our streets. This is not immigration enforcement; it is the forced displacement of indigenous children from their ancestral land.

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 1d

We put together a list of #IndigenousPeoplesDay events happening this weekend and Monday, Oct 13, here in Northern #NewMexico -- a day to celebrate our histories + cultures, and our enduring presence as stewards of earth, air, + waters. How are you celebrating?

tewawomenunited.org/2025/10/indi...

Native design poster on black background, words:
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
Santa Fe Plaza, New Mexico

artist: George Toya

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 4d

We are so excited for this Saturday, Oct 11, and our "Love Shouldn't Haunt You" Skate Jam! Valdez Park, Espanola #NewMexico
Please come if you can for all or part of the afternoon. This is an all-ages big community celebration and we'd love to see you there!

tewawomenunited.org/events/love-...

Purple, green, and orange poster with details for Oct 11 event:
1:30 – 3 pm: Free Workshop for Youth (10 – 17) with Illastr8
3 – 6 pm: Main event, music by MydNyte — all ages and wheels welcome!

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 8d

October is full of events from all our programs -- #EnvironmentalJustice, #ReproductiveJustice, and Gender & Generational Healing Justice. If you ever want to get the big picture of what's happening, visit our web calendar of events!

#NewMexico #Pueblo #Native

tewawomenunited.org/events

Events | Tewa Women United

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 11d

A look at some of the events across Canada marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Hear more on APTN News Brief:

APTN News Brief: October 1, 2025—National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events across Canada

Our lead stories: a look at some of the events across Canada marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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Congress of Aboriginal Peoples @congabopeoples.bsky.social · 8d

October 4th is the National Day of Action for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit+ Peoples.

Today and every day, we stand in solidarity with the families, survivors, and communities affected by the #MMIWG2S+ crisis in Canada.

#SistersInSpirit #NoMoreStolenSisters

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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 27d

New Mexico tribal leaders will head to Washington DC later this week to push members of Congress to extend protections from oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon.

New Mexico tribal leaders push to protect Chaco • Source New Mexico

A flight over Chaco Culture National Historical Park kicks off a week of advocacy for Pueblo officials seeking to protect the cultural site.

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 16d

Sept 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social asked Elder Kathy Sanchez what this means to her:

"In my heart, truly it means all life on our Earth Mother will be happy, healthy, and loving."

#nuclearabolition #Pueblo #solidarity

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WildEarth Guardians @wildearthguardians.bsky.social · 18d

"Stop the meddling," writes the Santa Fe New Mexican. The oil and gas industry is making record profits. That means oil and gas companies have the dollars to clean up the pollution left behind. More ⬇️

https://loom.ly/ma-xAi8

Produced water? Stick to earlier decision

Oil and gas, make no mistake, are fueling New Mexico’s record revenues. These industries also are making record profits. That means oil and gas companies have the dollars to clean up the pollution left behind.

www.santafenewmexican.com

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 19d

We're starting a monthly Grief + Loss support group next Friday, Oct 3, 12 noon - 2 pm. In the framework of #ReproductiveJustice, healing from loss is as essential as the fight for access and rights.
Learn more here and come join us: tewawomenunited.org/events/grief...

#NewMexico

Grief &amp; Loss Monthly Support Group | Tewa Women United

tewawomenunited.org

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 20d

If you're in #RioArriba County, you can get your well water tested for free this Saturday, 9/27, at the Espanola Centennial celebration thanks to NMED. More info:
www.facebook.com/events/13052...

#NewMexico #environmentaljustice

Free Private Well Water Quality Testing - Española

Event in Espanola, NM by New Mexico Department of Health and New Mexico Environment Department on Saturday, September 27 2025

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you for repping us!

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Western Environmental Law Center @westernlaw.org · 20d

We must show the governor and her cabinet secretaries that mixing fracking waste with our clean water is a gamble New Mexico cannot afford to lose.

Read the whole op-ed at bit.ly/NMWaterOpEd

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 21d

Sept 24
Tewa Women United + Somos un Pueblo Unido are offering a bilingual monthly support group!
A space to share your needs and find answers on how to create a safe, dignified environment, free from violence, racism, + oppression. All are welcome. #NewMexico
tewawomenunited.org/events/circu...

"Unete a Nuestro Circulo Mensual con Somos Un Pueblo Unido"
Illustration of a group of Native and Hispanice people, held in the palms of brown hands, with logos for Tewa Women United and Somos un Pueblo Unido.

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 21d

great news for #NewMexico

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 21d

Amazing news! The Economic Development Administration has awarded the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center $1.5 million for its Entrepreneur Complex!

This investment will invest in a core economic engine supporting Indigenous entrepreneurs right here in the heart of NM-01!

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Movement Rights @movementrights.bsky.social · 21d

We are looking forward to the Indigenous Council meeting happening tomorrow 2pm - 5pm EST.

Join us in-person or online! Attendees must RSVP

www.garn.org/rights-of-na...

Rights of Nature at Climate Week 2025 - Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN)

GARN will be actively participating Climate Week 2025 in New York City, bringing the Rights of Nature to the forefront of the climate discussion.

www.garn.org

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 24d

"Tribal advocates sound the alarm over radioactive exposure
The advocacy group, Tewa Women United, is warning nearby Pueblo citizens and other local residents about LANL in #NewMexico releasing gas containing the weak radioactive substance, tritium." indianz.com/News/2025/09...

Native America Calling: Tribal advocates sound the alarm over radioactive exposure

The advocacy group Tewa Women United is warning about the release of radioactive gas from the infamous Los Alamos National Laboratory.

indianz.com

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 26d

For the most current info about the #tritium venting operation at #LANL see the #NewMexico Environment Department's Facebook page, where they are posting updates.

www.facebook.com/NMEnvironmen...

New Mexico Environment Department

New Mexico Environment Department. 1,611 likes · 262 talking about this. Our mission is to protect and restore the environment and to foster a healthy and prosperous New Mexico for present and future....

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 26d

If they're going to take it down, we're going to share it.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26d

The Trump administration ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back, one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era. nyti.ms/4nyyyaQ

A man sits with his back to the camera. His back is full of scars and ridges in the skin from beatings. A headline reads: Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes. Photo via the Library of Congress.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 26d

The Trump Admin has given polluters the green light to destroy our planet with no transparency.

And it will disproportionately be Black, brown, & Indigenous communities that will pay the price.

All in the name of denying the very real threat of climate change.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters

www.nytimes.com

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · Sep 11

Statement about NMED's decision to authorize DOE to vent radioactive tritium at #LANL.
"Public health advocates, Pueblo communities, land-based communities, and environmental organizations warn that this action represents an immediate and unacceptable threat."
www.ccwnewmexico.org/general-2?

General 2 — COMMUNITIES FOR CLEAN WATER

www.ccwnewmexico.org

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks -- we'll pass this along to organizers here. Though this isn't coming from a corporation, it's the federal gov't.

Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are very sorry to hear this news. Thank you to everyone who attended meetings, wrote emails and letters, called, and shared action alerts with others. We will continue to keep you posted if there is anything else we can do in response to this.

Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · Sep 9

The state Environment Department has approved a controversial plan to vent four containers of tritium waste located at Los Alamos National Laboratory. sfnm.co/46eqd50

Environment Department approves controversial tritium venting plan at Los Alamos National Laboratory

The proposal generated significant pushback from the public, drawing dozens to a public meeting on the plan in August.

sfnm.co

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