The museum of Indian Art & Culture is a place that stores and documents artifacts from all over the state from all kinds of different tribes. For example there are pottery and necklaces from Zuni pueblo, and dresses and pottery from taos pueblo. They also are not like other museums where they have people come in and work but the museum of Indian arts brings in locals from these different tribes to become curators to accurately explain the history of the art. There are also curators that are not from any of the tribes in New Mexico and are a different race who care a lot about the culture and art.

“The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture”, youtube, Upload by The Museum of Indian Art & Culture, Jan 7 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3x-2QAmnsA

In Africa tribes are trying to preserve their culture of weaving blankets and covers that are used by the men and the chiefs of the tribes. In hopes of preserving culture and art within several communities around the world, the global community came together with UNESCO which promotes world peace through international cooperation in education, the arts, the sciences, and culture and was founded in 1945. UNESCO brought together several cultures to understand what goes on and how to fully respect their culture. But also to bring fairness to others as well, for example equality. Everyone wants to be treated daily and paid fairly which can be arranged but there are certain things in certain cultures where the women are supposed to be one level lower than a man. UNESCO developed four key objectives of its culture and development agenda which are: To acknowledge the cultural dimension of development, to affirm and enrich cultural identities, to broaden participation in cultural life, and to promote international cultural co-operation.

Thomas-Hoffman, Elizabeth A. "Cultural preservation and protection." Downloaded on September 9 (2015).

In 1879 Carlisle Indian school was opened for native american children but not to educate them for their well being but to assimilate and “kill the indian and save the man”. The teachers at the school forbade the children from speaking their language or practicing their cultures or prayers but those the white man practiced which was christianity. The children that attended these schools grew up into adults and had children but could not teach their kids the traditions and cultures because they didn’t know their culture. This was because they were forced to forget all they had learned. The survivors have so much trauma from these schools, they have difficulty even talking about it because they were children when experiencing assault which most likely were forced to keep what happened there a secret.

Little, Becky. “Government Boarding Schools Once Separated Native American Children from Families”, History, June 19th, 2018

This article talks about how Atrisco Heritage Academy High School in southwest Albuquerque is now incorporating native american arts to everyday classes. AHA principle constantly thinks about what’s best for the students and what they need for secondary success. AHA offers diverse courses to keep students and families intrigued in learning.  The academy also has a full-time navajo language class which the students enjoy a lot, this is because most of these students and their families live in the city which causes them to miss out on some of their culture but now that they have a navajo class at school they are now more involved with learning their culture. Students are also given the opportunity to be leaders with a teacher serving as board members for the Valle del Oro National Wildlife Refuge. Staff member Mildred Chiquito said this to her students “As long as you’re here , you’re my kids”, “I’m here to help you succeed , and I’ll do anything I can to help where you’re at.” The staff care about the students' future and they are going to be there for them until graduation and that is where the knowledge that students learned comes into play. 

APS, AHA Choices Include Navajo Language & Culture, Albuquerque Public Schools, November 29, 2021, web, December 1, 2021.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is based in Canada and is a museum that is filled with artifacts of tragic events in Native American history. It has artifacts from the families that had brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, grandmothers, and grandfathers that were unfortunate enough to experience the treatment at one of several boarding schools. There is a project called ¨The Witness Blanket¨ that is made up of 800 pieces of materials that were collected from residential schools, government buildings, churches, and donated by survivors and their families that when woven together tells the stories of the residential schools. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission went across Canada to listen to survivors' stories.  

APS, AHA Choices Include Navajo Language & Culture, Albuquerque Public Schools, November 29, 2021, web, December 1, 2021.