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Dr. Gregory Cajete (Santa Clara Pueblo) is a renowned Indigenous educator whose work centers on weaving Native knowledge systems into contemporary education. A Tewa scholar from Santa Clara Pueblo, he has spent his career developing culturally grounded approaches to science, sustainability, and learning. His teaching and scholarship highlight Indigenous understandings of the natural world and promote educational models that honor community, creativity, and interdependence.
Dr. Cajete has taught at institutions across the United States and internationally, and spent over two decades at the Institute of American Indian Arts, where he directed cultural research programs and chaired Native American Studies. Since 1995, he has served as a professor at the University of New Mexico in Native American Studies and Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies.
He holds degrees from New Mexico Highlands University and the University of New Mexico, and earned his PhD from International College’s New Philosophy Program. Among his many honors are fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education, the Newberry Library, and the School for Advanced Research. Dr. Cajete is the author of several influential books, including Look to the Mountain and Native Science, which continue to shape Indigenous education and ecological thinking worldwide.