PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN VOTE

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Political analysts say the presidential race this year could easily be swung by Native voters in battleground states with high Native populations, such as New Mexico, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada and Colorado, but only if effective outreach has been made to Native communities.
Reporter: Tristan Ahtone
Editor: Jason Jaacks

 BmX

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Set against the urban landscape of Bronx, New York, BmX is the story of Rob, a twenty-something extreme BMX bike riding enthusiast balancing a less than stellar financial position with the overwhelming desire to be the next best extreme BMX biker.
Produced by Tristan Ahone, Jed Kim, Tesfaye Negussie
Narrated by Tesfaye Negussie

 NATIVE VOTE EMERGES AS KEY BLOC IN NEW MEXICO

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With only weeks to go before the general election, New Mexico is
in the political spotlight as a battleground state, and Native Americans are expected to play a key role -- but only if they get
out to vote.
Reporter: Tristan Ahtone
Camera: Marty Two Bulls, Jolene Yazzie
Editor: Jason Jaacks

 TRIBAL MEMBERS COMBAT MIGRANT BORDER DEATHS

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It's been more than two years since the U.S. – Mexico Border Fence was erected in Arizona. Designed to curb illegal immigration and drug smuggling along the border, increased security has merely changed the routes and patterns used to enter the country and in most cases, only by a few miles. Reporter: Tristan Ahtone
Camera: Jason Jaacks, Annabel Wong, Editor: Jason Jaacks

 THE MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING LADYBUGS

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Last month caretakers at a New York City apartment complex on the Lower East Side released 720,000 ladybugs as an alternative pesticide. But where are they now? Robb Thompson went down to Stuyvesant Town to find out. Shot, edited and written by Tristan Ahtone and Robb Thompson. Narrated by Robb Thompson.
Produced by Tristan Ahtone.