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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IAIE Brown Bag | November 21, 2024
IAIE Brown Bag - Cynthia Benally, Ed.D.
Abstract:
Mythologies shape how people perceive their lives and those of others. A persistent settler metaphor is the “walking in two worlds.” It is used in public discussions to describe in a dichotomous manner the world of white, settler society being in one world and Native societies in another. Dr. Benally presents the findings from her research on the use of the “two-worlds” metaphor in education literature. One use of the metaphor is to describe the assimilated “Indian,” one that conforms and abides to the settlers’ wants and desires. The other themes are from Native perspectives and are examples of sovereign assertions.
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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.
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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.
