Aleta ‘Tweety’ Paisano-Suazo, Chair
Acoma and Laguna Pueblos
Tweety has been an advocate for Pueblo Rights since her fight against the “Oñate Statue” at Tigua Park in 1999 (designated by the City of Albuquerque in remembrance of the Tigua Pueblo Indians which were in the Albuquerque area). As a result of the protests, the proposed statue was moved to the Albuquerque Museum and renamed the “Entrada” with Oñate, friars, families and an Indian man leading them on the so called “Turquoise Trail”.
Since 2017, she has been advocating for our Mother Earth against the Sandoval County Commissioners against the possible drilling and fracking of oil in the Sandoval County, which affects many pueblos in the area.
Her advocacy for Indian Education and Indian Rights has earned appointments by Governor Bruce King to New Mexico Children’s Trust Fund (1990) and New Mexico State Commission on National and Community Service (1994), and by Governor Bill Richardson to the New Mexico Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice (2003). However, her appointment by President Bill Clinton to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) (1994) was one of the highlights of her life.
She retired from Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) in 2006 as an administrator. She is a Proud Pueblo Democrat!
Acoma and Laguna Pueblos
Tweety has been an advocate for Pueblo Rights since her fight against the “Oñate Statue” at Tigua Park in 1999 (designated by the City of Albuquerque in remembrance of the Tigua Pueblo Indians which were in the Albuquerque area). As a result of the protests, the proposed statue was moved to the Albuquerque Museum and renamed the “Entrada” with Oñate, friars, families and an Indian man leading them on the so called “Turquoise Trail”.
Since 2017, she has been advocating for our Mother Earth against the Sandoval County Commissioners against the possible drilling and fracking of oil in the Sandoval County, which affects many pueblos in the area.
Her advocacy for Indian Education and Indian Rights has earned appointments by Governor Bruce King to New Mexico Children’s Trust Fund (1990) and New Mexico State Commission on National and Community Service (1994), and by Governor Bill Richardson to the New Mexico Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice (2003). However, her appointment by President Bill Clinton to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) (1994) was one of the highlights of her life.
She retired from Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) in 2006 as an administrator. She is a Proud Pueblo Democrat!