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Today, we celebrate Indigenous peoples—our cultures, languages, traditions, innovation,

leadership, resilience, and continued presence.

Indigenous People’s Day is also an opportunity to recognize that Native communities are not

only part of our country’s history.

We are here. We are creating. We are leading. We are building what comes next.
Native Women Lead is proud to stand alongside Native women entrepreneurs and leaders

creating stronger futures for their families and communities.

Happy Indigenous People’s Day. 🧡


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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 💗

This month, Native Women Lead honors the strength of our sisters and stands alongside the women, survivors, families, caregivers, and communities impacted by breast cancer.

We celebrate survivors, honor those currently navigating their journey, remember those we have lost, and recognize the families and communities who continue to surround their loved ones with care and support.

We also encourage our community to prioritize their health, learn about breast cancer screening and early detection, and have conversations with their healthcare providers about what is right for them.

Throughout October, we honor the courage, strength, and resilience carried by so many within our communities.

Honoring the strength of our sisters. 💗

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🧡 Today is personal for so many of us. Many Native people are boarding school survivors, the children or grandchildren of survivors, or come from families and communities that have been directly impacted by the boarding school system.

It’s important that we honor our relatives who endured these experiences, those who never made it home, and the generations who continue to carry their stories. We also honor ourselves and our communities—the people who have continued to protect our cultures, languages, traditions, and one another.

Today we remember. We honor. And we continue forward together. 🧡
Every Child Matters.

Today, we honor the survivors of Indian boarding schools, remember the children who never returned home, and recognize the generations of Native families and communities who continue to carry the impacts of these systems.

September 30 is a day for remembrance, education, truth, and reflection.

Native Women Lead stands with survivors, families, and Indigenous communities as we honor those who came before us and support the generations carrying our cultures,
languages, traditions, and communities forward.

🧡 We remember. We honor. We carry them with us.

Community, connection, and economic development. 🤎

Grateful to experience the Hopi Economic Summit and learn alongside those creating opportunities within Native communities.

Querencia for the Soil 🌱👩🏻‍🌾
No-Till Seed Drilling & Compost Inoculating

Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
"La Querencia" Greenhouse, Northern New Mexico College, El Rito Campus
Free, lunch provided | Limited space

Spend the day learning how to bring degraded, compacted ground back to life. This hands-on class takes place on 1.65 acres surrounding the La Querencia greenhouse, a site that was formerly used for parking and left bare, compacted, and biologically depleted. Participants will watch and take part in the actual restoration as it happens.

Kim and Chris Sheehan of Clean Fork Farm will demonstrate:
No-till drill seeding with a seven-species mix, and
How to inoculate seed with Johnson-Su fungal-dominant compost before it goes in the ground.
Lina Alegre of NNMC and Navona Gallegos of the New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group will cover the:

Soil food web and why soil biology drives everything else,
Nurse crop strategy of layering fast-establishing cover crops with slower native perennials,
Role of wood chip mulch in holding moisture and suppressing weeds, and
Connection between healthy soil and pollinator habitat, which ties directly to El Rito NNMC's Bee Campus USA commitment.
This class is open to students, farmers, ranchers, land stewards, and anyone in the community interested in regenerative land management. No experience necessary. Dress for the field.

Funded by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture Healthy Soil Program and the New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group. Offered through NNMC Continuing Education.

Register now at https://bit.ly/4sQCCGV
Complete the registration form and send it to [email protected]