ICT 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. She was 86 ...
Mary Francis Polanco, a lifelong journalist, will be remembered for her tenacity, her vision as a documentarian and her role in founding the Indigenous Journalists Association. Polanco, who founded ...
In 1983, two dozen Native American journalists came together at ... Polanco work full-time was at the newspaper she founded, the Jicarilla Chieftain. She was the editor for over 40 years.