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Alejandra Rubio - Yavapai-Apache Nation

Alejandra is a visual artist who works with photography and mix-media, and often embeds herself into different cultures and subcultures. A member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, Alejandra grew up in Camp Verde, a rural river valley in northern Arizona, where she learned the value of the interdependent relationships between land, culture, and community.

Her photography has covered a diverse set of topics, including brothels, motel living, drugs, protests, biker gangs, and Native American ceremonies. She works to provide an analytical, compassionate, and uniquely Native American lens from which to view, engage, learn and share the full range of human emotion and experience across cultures and subcultures — off the reservation and on.

Alejandra's Latest Articles

Togugunde: Reclaiming the Heavens Through Eco-Cultural Tourism

A traditional indigenous tale that finds new life with tribal observatory.

Drums, Dance, and Tradition: NUMAGA Powwow Marks 37th Year in Hungry Valley

This year’s celebration of Paiute culture and history featured Grand Entry, traditional and contemporary dances, and vendors selling beadwork, jewelry and food.

Charlie Kirk, Transgender Athletes, and Student Loans: The Importance of the Student Vote

Several events and speakers targeting college students have sparked lively debate at the University of Nevada, Reno

A Look Back on the Inaugural Capital City Rodeo

Chris LeDoux once said, “Saddle up and follow your dreams”, and that’s what Bailey Sanchez, her sister Brooke Sullivan and Justin Schlag just did. 

Rodeo participants stand next to large saddles as they wait by the fence underneath a large "Events Complex" sign
Rodeo riders of all ages and skill buck, bash and bust in Fallon

A look inside the 10th annual De Golyer Bucking Horse and Bull Bash Rodeo

A photo of former president Donald Trump, as a silhouette, leaving the stage with a large American flag in the background.
Photos: Looking Inside Donald Trump’s Reno Visit

What we saw from inside the Reno-Sparks Convention Center

A photo of a Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation resident standing in front of a trailer home, with a sign that says Defend the Sacred
When it comes to mining on sacred lands, some tribal members say their voices have been overlooked

The planned Thacker Pass lithium mining project in northern Nevada is hoping to provide the lithium needed to fuel the green energy transition. While the company has done its own outreach, regional tribes say they weren’t properly consulted by the government.

A photo of a man riding a horse with a lasso above his head. It is nighttime and dark.
Photos: Indian National Finals Rodeo

While the Reno Rodeo gets much of the attention in northern Nevada, another rodeo circuit is working toward its championship competition.

A photo of five women standing in front of a mural.
After Tough Few Years, Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada Hopeful for Future

Financial constraints plus a pandemic left organization scrambling to keep services for indigenous residents

Redrum Motorcycle Club: Warriors of the road