Native Issues
Infrastructure Development
Nov 11, 2025

Tribal projects earn top honors at New Mexico finance conference

According to The Los Alamos Daily Post, tribal nations and organizations received seven of the nine awards at the 2025 New Mexico Infrastructure Finance Conference in Albuquerque. The awards recognized investments made through the Capital Outlay funds and the Tribal Infrastructure Fund, administered by the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department.

Honorees included the Navajo Nation for the Shiprock Incident Command Center and the Jemez Pueblo for the Hemish Path to Wellness and Jemez Pueblo Tribal Network projects. Other recipients included the Pueblo of Taos, Pueblo of Zuni, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and Mescalero Apache Tribe.

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