Magdalena Magazine

07/09/2026

Congratulations to International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros ISPMB for a hard earned victory to protect the Wild Horses of Arizona!! 🙏🏼💗

🎉🎉 VICTORY FOR THE HEBER WILD HORSES!! 🎉🎉
THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION WAS GRANTED!!

The federal judge GRANTED the Preliminary Injunction protecting the Heber wild horses while the lawsuit moves forward!
This is NOT the final decision in the case, but it is a HUGE victory because it keeps the horses safe while the court considers the merits of the lawsuit. Without this injunction, the Forest Service could have begun removing horses long before the legal issues were resolved.

In this order, the judge found that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on important parts of their case and that removing the horses now could cause irreparable harm.

The court ordered that, during the pendency of the case:

🐴 The Forest Service cannot classify the unclaimed, unbranded horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests as "unauthorized livestock," "strays," or "feral."

🐴 The Forest Service cannot capture or remove those horses.

🐴 The notice prohibiting unauthorized third-party removal of non-owned horses must remain posted.

One of the most important parts of the decision is that the judge recognized the Forest Service approved a Territory Management Plan in January to manage these horses as wild horses, then only a few months later abruptly declared they were all "unauthorized livestock" without adequately explaining that dramatic reversal. The court found there are serious legal questions about that decision.
This injunction preserves the status quo while the lawsuit proceeds, ensuring the horses are still there when the court ultimately decides whether the Forest Service acted lawfully.

💙 This is a day to celebrate!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros TEAM, their dedicated legal team, everyone who submitted comments, contacted elected officials, shared information, attended meetings, documented what was happening on the forest, and never gave up fighting for these incredible horses.

The fight isn't over—the lawsuit continues—but today we can breathe a little easier knowing the Heber wild horses have been given the protection they deserve while justice takes its course.

The fight isn't over.

The lawsuit continues.

But today, the Heber wild horses are still free.

Today belongs to the horses. 🐴❤️

05/05/2026

May 4-8 are National days of awareness for Missing and Murdered People in America. A crisis that has in many ways continued ongoing violence towards American Indians since contact.

America’s Native population makes up 2% of the population but experiences 40% of the missing and murdered peoples cases.

Magdalena Magazine’s Podcast is back with a new Season, starting with an informative interview with Director Morning Star Gali who I met at the Monterey MMIP Training Conference organized by Supporting Indigenous Communities Group in Monterey California.

The podcast also introduces a beautiful new song honoring MMIP by native musician called “Bring them Home”.

12/19/2025

Prayers of safety for all riders and horses.

11/23/2025

It was a relief to see Indigenous women in CA Department of Justice leadership and it’s no wonder progress is finally made on the MIIP crisis here in California. Chief Justice Janet K. Bill who serves as the Tribal Council Chair for the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukansi Indians is also the Director of Native American Affairs for the Office of the Attorney General of California. This November she was making opening statements in the first ever training for police officers to educate about new legislation to end the . This training was organized by SICG supporting indigenous communities group, chaired by Sand City Mayor, Mary Ann Carbone, our local native Chumash woman in office. Special recognition goes to Ismana Carney who organized the first of many events in Monterey to create awareness about .

Missing and murdered Indigenous persons who only make up 2% of the population and account for 40% of missing and murdered people in this country.

How can this be true?
The reasons are political; police and highway patrol don’t take action to support the families of victims because the laws don’t give jurisdiction and yes funding to support indigenous people who are “sovereign” under minimal treaty obligations.

Despite President Trumps erasure of MMIP on the federal level the issue is gaining traction in the wonderful state of California where Native tribes are collaborating with the DOJ to clean up the gaps in Criminal jurisdictions created by AB 280 in 1953 when the state abandoned its responsibility to tribal nations and passed them on to the state without any support, creating the environment for the MMIP crisis.

Full story and Podcast coming soon!

11/14/2025

✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽🪶HISTORIC MOMENT IN RUMSEN OHLONE LAND 🪶✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

Today we witnessed a powerful milestone: California’s FIRST POST-certified MMIP (Missing & Murdered Indigenous People) Training.

At the Portola Hotel in Monterey, on the homelands of the Rumsen Ohlone 9am-5pm

Attorney General Rob Bonta opened the press conference alongside Mayor Mary Ann Carbone, signaling a long-overdue commitment to addressing the MMIP crisis with real training, real structure, and real accountability.

This moment isn’t just symbolic.
It is transformational.

✨ Why This Matters:
• MMIP continues to devastate Native Nations across California and the U.S.
• Many cases go unreported, uninvestigated, or mishandled.
• Families deserve justice, clarity, and culturally informed response systems.
• Law enforcement must be equipped with the knowledge, protocols, and community understanding needed to protect Indigenous lives.

Tomorrow’s MMIP Law Enforcement Training Conference will bring together officers, tribal leaders, Indian Health Centers, social services, and advocates to deepen awareness, strengthen response coordination, and build meaningful pathways toward safety and healing.

This is the beginning of something much bigger—
A commitment to justice.
A commitment to community.
A commitment to our stolen sisters, brothers, relatives, and two-spirit people.

📍 Rumsen Ohlone Territory – Monterey, CA
📆 Press Release: Today
📆 Training: Tomorrow, November 14, 2025

May this be one more step toward honoring those we’ve lost and protecting those still with us.

11/04/2025

November November 🕷️⚡️🪾🌕

Revealing all sorts of truths about the history of this land. Stay tuned for more events to honor and celebrate American Indian heritage month 🙏🏼✨🪶

10/18/2025

Honoring all those who took to the streets today across America. Especially those in “red” / racist states. The youth, the elders, the educators and workers. It takes everyone working together to make America “great” not just the few.

We are going through a big RE-Education over here at Magdalena and we believe it’s Universal.

Part of that process is listening and trying to figure out what steps are next. The main one not being the release of Issue three in 2025 ❤️‍🩹🙏🏼🌀☠️ It’s been an apparent part of unlearning and trying to figure out how to move foreword in the best way.

The colonial Magazine identity is not working with the meat suit and theres only one way to remedy growth: REST. 🍂

🙏🏼 Love, Magdalena

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10/18/2025

Honoring all those who took to the streets today across America. Especially those in “red” / racist states. The youth, the elders, the educators and workers. It takes everyone working together to make America “great” not just the few.

We are going through a big RE-Education over here at Magdalena and we believe it’s Universal.

Part of that process is listening and trying to figure out what steps are next. The main one not being the release of Issue three in 2025 ❤️‍🩹🙏🏼🌀☠️ It’s been an apparent part of unlearning and trying to figure out how to move foreword in the best way.

The colonial Magazine identity is not working with the meat suit and theres only one way to remedy growth: REST. 🍂

🙏🏼 Love, Magdalena

10/13/2025

Words and the names we give hold so much meaning. It’s been a few years since the common national American holiday to celebrate Columbus often cherished for anything other than its day off was changed to Indigenous People’s Day. Since that day has been renamed to honor Americas Indians, the world seems to have awakened to the crimes of Columbus and the colonization against this lands first people. Within that awakening indigenous peoples have enlightened us to our own belonging, not only to this planet, but to our own cultures, our own ancestors and the ways, we used to live in community and interdependence.

We are rising as a people to meet and balance the ways of destruction that have been created over the past hundred years. I believe in the power of the people to hold more weight than the power of greed .

Today let us celebrate America’s Indians, those who keep their culture alive, those who struggle to keep their culture alive, and those who are awakening to the power of their connection to this beautiful planet. Happy indigenous peoples day! Happy American Indian Day!! We are on our way to better times. 🙏🏼🌀🍂✨🦬💦🌕❤️‍🔥

10/13/2025

Words and the names we give hold so much meaning. It’s been a few years since the common national American holiday to celebrate Columbus often cherished for anything other than its day off was changed to Indigenous People’s Day. Since that day has been renamed to honor Americas Indians, the world seems to have awakened to the crimes of Columbus and the colonization against this lands first people. Within that awakening indigenous peoples have enlightened us to our own belonging, not only to this planet, but to our own cultures, our own ancestors and the ways, we used to live in community and interdependence.

We are rising as a people to meet and balance the ways of destruction that have been created over the past hundred years. I believe in the power of the people to hold more weight than the power of greed .

Today let us celebrate America’s Indians, those who keep their culture alive, those who struggle to keep their culture alive, and those who are awakening to the power of their connection to this beautiful planet. Happy indigenous peoples day! Happy American Indian Day!! We are on our way to better times. 🙏🏼🌀🍂✨🦬💦🌕❤️‍🔥