Acoma Pueblo Remains Home to Oldest United States Settlement
Acoma, New Mexico sits 7,500 feet above sea level as archeologists note it is the oldest inhabited site in the nation with traces of homes and cookfires dating to at least A.D. 1200. Once a thriving community of about 3,000, it now has little electricity or running water and a sparse year round population.
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Lacey Fosburgh
N.Y
Acoma
N.M
United States
New Mexico
Acomita
Pueblo youth face poverty and need for economic revival
Historian Dr Ward Minge notes acute Pueblo dilemma as Acoma and other tribes seek to balance tradition with viable economy. Reservations struggle with education health care unemployment while crafts and limited federal oversight shape life on the mesa and in towns.
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Acoma
Ward Alan Minge
Minge
Vernon Courtright
Institute of American Indian Art
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Acoma Reservation
Mesa
National Public Health Service
Acomita
Albuquerque
New Mexico government employs most workers in state economy
A Santa Fe AP report states 113,700 New Mexico jobs in government earning 1.3 billion dollars annually, 29 percent of total personal income. Trade, services, and mining follow, with unemployment down to 7.1 percent last November and population up 2.5 percent.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Jerry Apodaca
Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors
Council
New Mexico Ski Areas Report Conditions And Closures
Ski area operators report varied conditions across the state with base depths from 12 to 54 inches. Angel Fire and Sipapu show mixed trails, Taos reports very good conditions, and Raton will open February 11 with several areas machine packed or partially packed.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Angel Fire
Cloudcroft
Midway
Major Trails
Raton
Red River
Sandia Peak
Santa Fe
Sierra Blanca
Sipapu
Taos
Kachina
Val Verde
Carter learns to use incumbency to push stalled programs
The article notes Jimmy Carter adopting an incumbency strategy to deliver political favors. It contrasts this with traditional positions, implying Carter aims to leverage power to advance stalled legislation.
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Jimmy Carter
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