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BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION: "It is not necessary for Eagles to be Crows"...Privilege the Indigenous

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BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION: "It is not necessary for Eagles to be Crows"...Privilege the Indigenous

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AIUPNA engages in the process of public education critical of its historic and modern role in the colonization and assimilation of Indigenous Peoples and persons of culture. Invasion, genocide, linguicide and deculturalization have been the results of the imposition of dominant cultural and political modes of education across the continent. The solutions for Indigenous Peoples require acknowledgment of these realities with an open-hearted aspiration for a pedagogy of love, hope and power centered upon and strengthened by Indigenous root knowledge and community. Within the school this includes:
-STRONG LEARNER-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS
-PARENT LEADERSHIP
-COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
-DEDICATED SUPPORT STAFF
-CULTURAL EMPOWERMENT
-LONG-TERM COMMITMENT

(Quote attributed to Sitting Bull, Art by Ernesto Yerena, Graphic Design in-house)

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In 2019 Anahuacalmecac was honored to have been invited by the Charter Schools Development Center to present at its 2019 Leadership Update Conference on how our school achieved among the highest College and Career Readiness Indicator rates in the state for high socio-economic needs student populations in the state. The CSDC highlighted Anahuacalmecac because its graduates achieved an 84% College Credit coursework completion and 74% UC A-G course completion rates. In 2017, 90% of graduates were rated as “Prepared” by California’s College and Career Indicators - the highest in its category in the state according to the CSDC. By comparison, the state's median was 23% and the median rate for all charter schools statewide was 13%.

College and Career are hallmarks of the American dream and the promise of the pursuit of happiness. Between resistance and resurgence, Indigenous Peoples are reconceptualizing the purpose and possibilities of settler education. Considering transnational histories and opportunities, Indigenous families and educators at Anahuacalmecac have opened pathways to redefining achievement in personal, family and community contexts. As an Indigenous Peoples community-based institution, Anahuacalmecac has built its model pathways around priorities of intergenerational healing, community organizing and native nation-building.

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...se sentetl se xinachtli,
se sentetl se tokani
...each a seed,
each a seed planter
For grades 11-12, AIUPNA has developed a unique college preparatory program designed to address the unique needs of Indigenous learners, families and teachers in community.
-UC APPROVED CURRICULUM
-CULMINATING EXPERIENCE
-HIER ED PARTNERSHIPS
-COLLEGE COURSES
-LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
-DISPOSITION & CHARACTER

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As the City of Los Angeles' first authorized public IB World School, AIUPNA has implemented the IB MYP program for students in grades 6-10. As a curriculum framework, AIUPNA implements the IB Philosophy within our school's local context as a part of an international network of educators. The IB's model supports our own unique Purpose, Environment and Culture focused on Learning.

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Tzicatl American Indian Resurgence Initiative - Native Ways 2 College (NW2C)

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Tzicatl American Indian Resurgence Initiative - Native Ways 2 College (NW2C)

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NATIVE WAYS 2 COLLEGE (NW2C) is an exciting and ground-breaking new project that is specially designed to support middle school and high school Native American students in Los Angeles County to plan, prepare, and pursue pathways to higher education.Our goal is to empower the self-determination of Los Angeles County Native American students and their families with access to educational choices and services that will cultivate a living Indigenous education ecosystem within our unique geographical, historical, and cultural context. NW2C has partnered with the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians and the Gabrielino-Shoshone Tribal Council of Southern California, community-based organizations such as Semillas, and other local service providers, to offer year-round, high quality culturally relevant educational and mental wellness services in Los Angeles to impact 1000 students across tribal identities, districts, and schools. NW2C’s programming will inspire and cultivate students’ Native identities creating pathways to high school graduation, college enrollment, and retention.

For more info visit: https://www.nw2c-la.org/

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About NW2C

NATIVE WAYS 2 COLLEGE (NW2C) is an exciting and ground-breaking new project that is specially designed to support middle school and high school Native American students in Los Angeles County to plan, prepare, and pursue pathways to higher education.

Our goal is to empower the self-determination of Los Angeles County Native American students and their families with access to educational choices and services that will cultivate a living Indigenous education ecosystem within our unique geographical, historical, and cultural context.

NW2C has partnered with the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians and the Gabrielino-Shoshone Tribal Council of Southern California, community-based organizations such as Semillas, and other local service providers, to offer year-round, high quality culturally relevant educational and mental wellness services in Los Angeles to impact 1000 students across tribal identities, districts, and schools. NW2C's programming will inspire and cultivate students' Native identities creating pathways to high school graduation, college enrollment, and retention.

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Home - American Indian Resurgence Initiative

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NATIVE WAYS 2 COLLEGE (NW2C) is an exciting and ground-breaking new project that is specially designed to support middle school and high school Native American students in Los Angeles County to plan, prepare, and pursue pathways to higher education.

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IndigeNations Scholars Program at CSULA 

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IndigeNations Scholars Program at CSULA 

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Beginning with a week long summer program in 2018 and a youth exchange involving tribal youth from out of state, this program coordinates access AIUPNA's closest university partner CSULA through faculty engaged from the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department there. During the academic year, Dr. Nora Cisneros and university mentors will provide monthly classes to students on Saturday mornings. The program culminates with the organization of a three-week residential and hybrid summer program uniting Indigenous students from across Los Angeles County with Anahuacalmecac students. This program is designed to support American Indian students and advocate for CSULA to equally support migrant Indigenous students to participate in a unique college pathway program designed to promote learning and cultural spaces where all Indigenous students can feel welcomed and valued, within the university.

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Seeds of Indigenous Nations & Tribes Leadership Institute (SINTLI).

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Seeds of Indigenous Nations & Tribes Leadership Institute (SINTLI).

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The aim of the SINTLI Summit every year is to organize transformative educational exchanges and experiences among Indigenous youth as a part of the college preparatory pathway. The mission of the Summit is to prepare Indigenous youth to understand, engage with and advance the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in all aspects of the educational and community experience.

(Below: Second annual SINTLI Summit hosted by San Francisco Unified School District Title VI and Migrant Ed Programs, sponsored and convened by Anahaucalmecac)

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AIUPNA is a member of an international network of autonomous and community driven educational models of "Indigenizing" education. From tribal schools to Title VI programs to charter schools like AIUPNA, the Indigenous Resurgence network is working to all effective pathways to educational transformation to benefit Indigenous children, youth and nations across the country. AIUPNA was the only Indigenous program in California included in a national study of best practices from across the country published by the network convener, the National Urban Indian Family Coalition. (DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE)

(BELOW: Anahuacalmecac Earth Guardians youth invited to meet and open for youth climate activist Greta Thunberg, Los Angeles, 2019)

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As an international school, AIUPNA has since its founding worked diligently to develop and maintain deep working relationships with community based schools across Indian County in the US and in Mexico. Based upon two decades of this work, AIUPNA has established a partnership with an autonomous learning center in Cuentepec, Morelos, Mexico focused on teaching and learning in Nahuatl.  Additionally, AIUPNA is a long-standing member of an indigenous mathematics network which studies and promotes the use of the ancestral math science embodied in the Nepohualtzintzin or math calculator. To date, AIUPNA has helped train and convene over two hundred Nahuatl teachers from across four states in Mexico through these partnerships.

(BELOW: Nahua children/students and parent in Copalillo, Gro., Mexico participants in youth exchange with Anahuacalmecac students, parents and teachers, 2017)

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INDIGENOUS RESURGENCE AT ANAHUACALMECAC: 7 Learnings / 13 Earth-Hearts

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INDIGENOUS RESURGENCE AT ANAHUACALMECAC: 7 Learnings / 13 Earth-Hearts

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(1) Learning out of doors on land and on water
(2) Learning in Community
(3) Learning Across Generations
(4) Learning in Redefined Spaces
(5) Learning Leadership and Advocacy
(6) Learning Indigenous Language (Language Revitalization)
(7) Learning Indigenous Cultural Practices
(8) Learning across international geo-political boundaries (Ihcniyotlamachilistle)
(9) Learning autonomy, self-determination and sovereignty (Petlamachilistle)
(10) Learning through movement (Tezcatlipocatlamachilistle “social resistance”)
(11) Learning through mobilization (Huitzilipochtlamachilistle “social agency”)
(12) Learning through persistence and continuity of effort ( XipeTotectlamachilistle)
(13) Learning creativity creatively (Quetzalcoatlamachilistle)

ALL of these are our seeds (tlayoltin–”earthhearts”) of knowledge to tap into our community’s
funds of knowledge and reach our students hearts as a community.

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"Educar es sembrar las semillas del pueblo..."

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"Educar es sembrar las semillas del pueblo..."

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The College/Career Indicator measures how well local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools are preparing students for likely success after graduation. Only graduates can be classified as Prepared or Approaching Prepared. For schools and LEAs to demonstrate success on this state indicator, high school graduates must meet at least one of the measures in the prepared level.

At Anahuacalmecac, the following individuals make our students' success possible on a daily basis through the individualization of their experience in school and their college pathway.

Minnie Ferguson,
Director of Education

Patricia Gonzalez,
Guidance Counselor

Lucia Preciado,
Student Activities Advisor

Kenya Barbosa,
Parent & Community Engagement Coordinator

Scott Scoggins,
Strategic Partnerships & Development Coordinator

Gypsy Ayala,
Trustee (Parent)

Edmundo Perez,
Trustee (Parent)

Trustees
(4 professors of education)
TEACHERS
ALUMNI
COMMUNITY ALLIES

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2019 US Sen. Johnson chairs a Special Senate Hearing on the Border and raises the ALARM about indigenous Mayan students in US public school:

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Marcos Aguilar
Tlayekantsi - Executive Director
sembrador@dignidad.org
@aztecteacher, @anahuacalmecac
www.AIUPWorldSchool.org