Institute for American Indian Education
Originally created in 2004, the Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE) was created by Native education faculty in the College of Education in response to the overwhelming need to increase the number of Native American teachers and improve American Indian Education. In 2017, the work expanded to collaborate with other faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Native American Studies (NAS) as a planning effort to revitalize the institute.
The mission of the Institute for American Indian Education is to support community intergenerational well-being and educational outcomes of Indigenous Peoples by cultivating the quality of educational professionals through community engagement with Native Nations and collaborative partnerships with educational stakeholders.
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News and Upcoming Events
The Impact of the Trump Administration on Native Americans | April 23, 2025 | 10am-2pm
Impact of the Trump Administration on Native Americans
Topics Include: 4th Ethnic Studies Community Town Hall Report, Legal Impacts, Impacts on Tribal Colleges, Protection of Sacred Places, and the Johnson v. The Board of Education for Albuquerque Schools & Mary Jane Eastin.
This will be held at the UNM Student Union Building Lobo A & B on Wednesday April 23, 2025 from 10am-2pm.
Presenters: Wendy Greyeyes, Irene Vasquez, Kristen Pai Buick, Sarah Davis-Secord, Karen Leong, Lloyd L. Lee, Elmer Guy, Paul Spruhan, Julia Bernal, and McKenzie Johnson
Two Big Moments for Education Justice in New Mexico | April 23 & 29, 2025
Two Big Moments for Education Justice in NM
Virtual Town Hall: From Courtrooms to Classrooms
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
6pm - 7pm
Court Hearing: Yazzie/Martinez Watch Party
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
9am - 1pm
Warehouse 505, 202 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Watch Party RSVP: Register HERE
NATPP Scholarship | Summer Application Deadline: May 1, 2025 | Open House: April 15, 2025 11am-2pm
Native American Teacher Preparation Program
NATPP is the Institute for American Indian Education's signature scholarship initiative. It prioritizes students who are working toward teacher preparation programs to become licensed teachers. At the graduate level NATPP works to increase the knowledge of multicultural educational thought and Indigenous education.Connect with NATPP on April 15, 2025 from 11am-2pm! Drop in for lunch, find out where our offices are, and learn about the Native American Teacher Preparation Program and Institute for American Indian Education events/initiatives!
Hokona Hall is located on UNM Main Campus. Our offices are located on the 2nd floor.
Community Job Board
Visit our Community Job Board page to see employment listings for educators committed to supporting community intergenerational well-being and educational outcomes of Indigenous Peoples.
20 Years of IAIE | December 6, 2024
UNM’s Institute for American Indian Education Celebrates 20 years
"In its two decades of operations, IAIE has helped tackle the educator and administrator shortage within New Mexico’s 23 federally recognized Native Nations. IAIE’s mission is to support community intergenerational well-being and educational outcomes of Indigenous Peoples by cultivating the quality of educational professionals through community engagement with Native Nations and collaborative partnerships with educational stakeholders."
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Our Curriculum Fair were we host a variety of sessions featuring curriculum development workshops, presentations on the Indigenous Wisdom project with opportunities to speak with the authors, and panels.
The College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of New Mexico leads the nation in the number of Native faculty that represent a diversity of Indigenous Peoples. Individually each faculty member is engaged in research that serves Indigenous Peoples and Nations. Collectively, Native faculty engage in critical dialogue on issues of scholarship/research, teaching, and service.
The Institute host monthly brown bag series, indigenous research conferences, annual summits, curriculum fairs, and many more event. To keep up with the IAIE’s events, head to our website at iaie.unm.edu to subscribe to our ListServ.
IAIE’s mission is to support community intergenerational well-being and educational outcomes of Indigenous Peoples by cultivating the quality of educational professionals through community engagement with Native Nations and collaborative partnerships with educational stakeholders.
Our monthly series of the Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE) at University of New Mexico where our members talk about their research and current work related to educator preparation, language and culture, leadership, and other topics related to Indigenous education.
The Institute for American Indian Education consists of Native Faculty in the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Native American Studies. Collectively, IAIE faculty recognize the critical nature of preparing pre-service educators, administrators (K-12 and higher education), non-teaching educational professionals, researchers, and policy makers to work with Native People in the state.
