Indian Education

Veronica War-Montoya
Indian Education Director
405 Hunter Street
Espanola, NM 87532
(505) 901-2746
Email: Veronica War-Montoya

Veronica Ortiz
Indian Education Specialist
505-367-3336
Email: Veronica Ortiz

Who is Indian Education
Espanola Public Schools Indian Education represents 26 different tribes with our 274 identified Native American students.  The diversity of our Native American population is unique, and our tribal affiliations lend and enrich our capacity for multi-cultural growth and understandings.  Primarily, our goal is to collaborate and partner with our two adjacent pueblos, Ohkay Owingeh and Santa Clara.

These two pueblos, and their ever present contributions to the rich culture and history of the Española Valley, have and will continue to provide our students, as well as their own, the opportunity to grow together with the Española Valley.


What is Indian Education
Indian Education is the utilization of cultural understandings to provide an enhanced and enriched method of approaching education by creating and providing connections to learn through culturally appropriate and responsive methodologies.

Indian Education aims to:

  • Ensure the maintenance of Native Languages.

  • Provide opportunities that positively effect the educational success of Native American students.

  • Ensure partnerships with tribes and local community stakeholders.

  • Ensure that culturally based methodologies are developed implemented and utilized in conjunction with local tribes.

  • Encourage and foster parental involvement.

  • Develop and maintain cultural competencies to ensure all relevant Indian Education programs are sustained with Espanola Public Schools.

Mission
The Española Public School's Indian Education Department's mission is to provide a culturally appropriate and responsive educational experience for the capacity and sustainability of our Native American students and their tribes. Espanola Public Schools strives to provide and strengthen community, cultural relations, and understandings within the Española Valley.
Vision
Our Vision is to:​