Amidooli Pacheco expresses thoughts from the heart about conditions facing Indigenous people that he personally experienced.

Amidooli grew up on a reservation known as Santo Domingo Pueblo, aka “Kewa.” He attended a fouryear military school in Roswell, New Mexico then enlisted and served honorably in the United States Marine Corps. Amidooli graduated from Central New Mexico Community College with an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts. He currently attends the University of New Mexico studying Native American Studies and Philosophy. Amidooli speaks Keres, Spanish, English and studied Arabic.

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