In 2014, the Learning Center introduced and established its first language-based program offered weekly to the community. From there, it has been an ongoing growth to develop, implement, and design programming based on the community's cultural, traditional, historical, and agricultural needs.

 

Traditional dexterity classes such as drum making, moccasin making, traditional clothes for men and women, belt weaving, pueblo embroidery, rattle making, and forging are helping to preserve a part of our inheritance. Knowledge-based classes like Zekehnahmeh (fairy tales) storytelling, Pueblo etiquette, men & women responsibilities, and emerging connections between places such as Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, Bears Ears, and Hovenweep gives members a reconnection to their true identity. The Learning Center has become the beacon of hope for our community and neighboring communities through all these platforms. 

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Our framework entails reconnecting the generational gaps between the younger and elder regarding the livelihood of our Pueblo values. Each event or activity incorporates areas for all age areas to contribute and engage in part of the activity. Our programming has extended beyond the Library's walls and crossed into our Headstart, the Tribal owned elementary school and venturing to the Albuquerque area for our urban members. Online engagement has been one area we had wanted to venture into due to the high request from members who lived beyond the state of New Mexico. In a very odd way, the pandemic helped us continue and shift our programming to the digital era of cultural teachings. 

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Within a couple of months, we launched our online classes, beginners & intermediate language classes, moccasin making, embroidery, Pueblo dressmaking, Nah beh du wii mish - Crochet Stocking making, Zekehnshmeh storytelling, digiKidz, and the Niutemahgu Project. The classes consisted of students from states like Nevada, Arizona, West Virginia, Colorado, and Texas.