Mary Frances Polanco, Jicarilla Apache, founder and first treasurer of the Indigenous Journalists Association passed away on Friday, March 6, 2025, in her hometown of Dulce, New Mexico.

Born in Dulce, N.M., on April 17, 1938, Mary Francis Polanco went peacefully home to the Lord on March 7, 2025. Mary resided in Dulce, the headquarters of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, which she was a ...