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Indigenous Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands NEH-funded Teacher Institute
The NAU Department of History and Institute for Native-serving Educators (INE) are proud to host the NEH-funded Teacher Institute Indigenous Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.
Week 1 (online): July 7-10, 2025
Week 2 (NAU Mountain Campus, Flagstaff, Arizona): July 21-26, 2025
Twenty-five educators from across the nation will learn with leading historians specializing in borderlands and Native American history, tribal members, and experts in culturally sustaining pedagogy. Participants will explore primary source materials and collections from the Museum of Northern Arizona, visit significant historic and cultural sites such as Montezuma’s Well, Sunset Crater, and Wupatki National Monuments, and spend a day in Tuba City on the Navajo Nation.
The two-week institute will delve into the histories of Indigenous communities throughout the American Southwest and Mexico, spanning from the 11th century to the present. Participants will engage with the histories of various groups, including the Navajo (Diné), Hopi, San Carlos Apache, Yavapai-Apache, Yaqui, Tohono O’odham, Pueblo, Sinagua, Hualapai, Havasupai, and Mayo peoples, among others.
Ultimately, this program will empower teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to prioritize Indigenous histories, themes, and ways of knowing in their middle and high school U.S. and World History classrooms.
Applications open December 13th, 2024 and will close March 5, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. All applicants receive a $2,200 stipend to attend.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Indigenous Histories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands K-12 Teacher Institute has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
