2026-11-10 · Board Packet · Page 40

Los Alamos Public Schools School Board Resolution 
 Title: Native American Heritage Month, November 2026 
 Whereas  ,  November is celebrated as National Native American Heritage Month, and 
 Whereas  ,  New Mexico is home to 24 sovereign Indigenous Nations, including 20 Pueblos, each 
 with its own unique customs, history and language, and 
 Whereas,  the Los Alamos Public Schools  acknowledge and recognize the unceded ancestral 
 lands situated between the Sangre de Cristo, Sandia, Chicoma and San Antonio Mountains as 
 the ancestral lands of the Tewa speaking people, and 
 Whereas,  the Los Alamos Public Schools  respect the Indigenous Peoples of our region who 
 speak the Tewa, Towa and Keres languages, including the eight Northern Pueblos of San 
 Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Taos, Ohkay Owingeh, Tesuque, Pojoaque, Nambe, Picuris, and those 
 from the Jemez, Cochiti and Dineh Tribes, and 
 Whereas  ,  the Los Alamos Public Schools educates over 122 students, who identify as Native 
 American, and 
 Whereas  ,  it is important for students in the Los Alamos Public Schools to  learn about the rich 
 ancestry, culture, and traditions of Native Americans,  and 
 Whereas  ,  Native Americans have made  founding  contributions to New Mexico and the United 
 States in  important  areas including the sciences, government, language, music and art, 
 agriculture and ecology, games and athletic competitions, and