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4th Annual Indigenous Education Symposium

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Martin Melendrez

APS UDL Team

UDL Tech

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8:00am MDT

Registration and Breakfast First Floor Lobby

9:00am MDT

Symposium Welcome Address Multipurpose Room 105

10:00am MDT

Embedding Land-Based Learning and Healing Anywhere

8:00am MDT

Registration and Breakfast NACA-CNM (Building: EC Education Collaborative)

8:30am MDT

Opening and Keynote 1 - “Igniting the Sparkle: An Indigenous Science Education Model” Multipurpose Room 105Dr. Gregory Cajete (Santa Clara)

10:00am MDT

Bridging Explicit Instruction with Indigenous Genius by Design (IGbD) Classroom EC402Jenny Atcitty From Classroom to Community: Empowering Students by Indigenizing Your Secondary ELA Curriculum Using A Rhetorical Approach Classroom EC413Margo Batha Poetry in the Elementary Native Lit Classroom: Accessing the Joy of Language through Play Classroom EC411Sarah Caldwell Understanding Tribal Systems and Building Meaningful Relationships Classroom EC405Bettina Sandoval (Taos Pueblo)

11:30am MDT

Lunch and NACA Radical Poetry (2026 Slam Team) First Floor Lobby

1:45pm MDT

Indigenous Wisdom Curriculum Multipurpose Room 105Christine Sims • Natalie Martinez - Laguna • Azella Humetewa (Santo Domingo/Acoma) Open Unit Critique Session Classroom EC404

2:45pm MDT

Designing an Equitable High School Classroom Classroom EC401Emily Beenen Designing with Relatives: Indigenous Mentorship and the Native Auntie Way of Learning Classroom EC402(403)April Yazza (Diné and A:shiwi) Healing With, Not Just For Science Lab EC409Shayai Lucero (Pueblo of Acoma and Pueblo of Laguna) • Cecelia Lucero (Pueblo of Acoma) The Story of the Indigenous Science Initiative Science Lab EC408Paul LeFrancois

4:50pm MDT

Closing for the Day Multipurpose Room 105

8:00am MDT

Registration and Breakfast NACA-CNM (Building: EC Education Collaborative)

8:30am MDT

Orientation to the day Multipurpose Room 105

8:45am MDT

Opening and Keynote 2 - "Embracing Critical Indigenous Literacies in Curriculum Spaces" Multipurpose Room 105Natalie Martinez - Laguna

10:00am MDT

From Classroom to Community: Empowering Students by Indigenizing Your Secondary ELA Curriculum Using A Rhetorical Approach Classroom EC405Margo Batha Inter-Indigenous Perspectives on Place-Based Learning Science Lab EC408Olivia Martinez (Kickapoo, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Hispanic) • Atieno Ouma (Kenyan from the Luo tribe) Storytelling: Passing on Indigenous Knowledge Through the Framework of Storytelling Classroom EC415Michael Garcia

11:30am MDT

Lunch and Social Break First Floor Lobby

1:45pm MDT

Bridging Explicit Instruction with Indigenous Genius by Design (IGbD) Classroom EC405Jenny Atcitty Indigenous Inclusive Education: Storytelling to Create Inclusive Environments for All Our Relations Classroom EC402Dr. Sandra Yellowhorse

3:30pm MDT

Conference Closing and Giveaways Multipurpose Room 105