The Indigenous Wisdom Curriculum is rich with instructional strategies, resources, and Pueblo-centered cultural knowledge that is valuable to students from diverse backgrounds and dispositions in life. Lesson plans are available in language arts, social studies, mathematics, health & wellness, and science.
Written over several years with the guidance and advice of prominent leaders, advocate and educators, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center has developed Indigenous Wisdom Curriculum, a K-12 supplemental curriculum written to New Mexico Standards and Benchmarks and provided to teachers seeking lesson plans created from a Pueblo perspective and tied to Pueblo core values and a cultural perspective as its foundation.
Currently, this free Indigenous Wisdom Curriculum includes various lesson plans that span all subject areas, incorporates cultural humility trainings and open houses at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center where educators can learn and ask questions and gain insight on why teaching from this lens is critical and important.
Upcoming
View our upcoming professional development sessions or workshops on the curriculum. Webinars and/or in-person sessions are designed to provide hands-on activities, dialogues among attendees (e.g., share some ideas of how to modify lesson plans), and opportunities to talk with the Curriculum Development Lead Team before-and-after the sessions.
Saturday, March 21st | 9 AM to 12 PM | Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Join us for a deep dive into the critical intersection of Native language survival and systemic educational reform. This session explores the “Indigenous Language Landscape of New Mexico,” highlighting the vital link between linguistic preservation and the cultural survival of tribal communities. Beyond awareness, we provide a proactive path forward by introducing the Pueblo Studies Curriculum. Participants will learn to identify racial micro- and macroaggressions within standard social studies and discover how the Indigenous Wisdom curriculum serves as a “microaffirmation”—a practical, critical race analysis designed to empower Native American students and transform the public school experience.
