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 Summit | June 26, 2025 | 8am-1pm
9th Annual IAIE Summit: Yazzie/Martinez Update Information Session & Community Feedback
This year's 9th Annual IAIE Summit will focus on updates to the Yazzie/Martinez case and will detail the April 29, 2025 order which tasks NMPED with the responsibility of creating a comprehensive remedial plan. It will be held Thursday, June 26, 2025 from 8 am to 1 pm at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Silver/Turquoise Room.Register Here
NATPP Scholarship | Fall Application Deadline: July 31, 2025
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.
Last Updated | May 28, 2025
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.
