/tags/james-r-mountain James R. Mountain en-US Copyright Sat, 16 Dec 2023 01:09:33 GMT /local-news/2023-12-15/state-replaces-indian-affairs-secretary-and-shifts-him-to-new-role Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday that Indian Affairs cabinet secretary James Mountain is leaving his post less than a year into the job to take on a new role as a policy advisor. Sat, 16 Dec 2023 01:09:33 GMT /local-news/2023-12-15/state-replaces-indian-affairs-secretary-and-shifts-him-to-new-role Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2023-04-28/navajo-nation-council-passes-resolution-opposing-new-mexico-indian-affairs-appointee The Navajo Nation Council is calling on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to withdraw her appointment of a former governor of San Ildefonso Pueblo as Indian Affairs cabinet secretary. Passed unanimously last week by the tribe’s governing body, the resolution adds to growing opposition to James Mountain as Lujan Grisham’s pick to head the state agency. Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:30:46 GMT /local-news/2023-04-28/navajo-nation-council-passes-resolution-opposing-new-mexico-indian-affairs-appointee Bella Davis, New Mexico In Depth /local-news/2023-02-24/mmiwr-advocates-work-to-stop-confirmation-of-indian-affairs-secretary-designate Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced earlier this month the appointment of the former governor of Pueblo de San Ildefonso James R. Mountain to lead the state’s Department of Indian Affairs. As he awaits confirmation by the state Senate in the remaining weeks of the legislative session, New Mexico In Depth’s Bella Davis reports Indigenous women leaders are fighting his nomination. Sat, 25 Feb 2023 01:16:20 GMT /local-news/2023-02-24/mmiwr-advocates-work-to-stop-confirmation-of-indian-affairs-secretary-designate Nash Jones