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How Science is Taught with Native Cultures

February 27, 2026

2.27.26 – Indigenously Positive, our collaboration with nonprofit newsroom New Mexico In Depth, kicks off its second season in a school classroom where Native practices and traditions are being used to teach students science in a way that resonates.         

Host/Producer: Bella Davis (Yurok)  

Director/Producer: Benjamin C Yazza (Diné) 

Guests: 

Jonathan Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), Kha’p’o Community School student  

Paul LeFrancois, LANL Foundation project manager  

Diane Katzenmeyer-Delgado: NACA Inspired Schools Network project manager  

Dr. Natalie Martinez (Laguna Pueblo), Community liaison and NMSU professor  

Diane Chavarria, KCS teacher and curriculum designer  

Madeline Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), Potter and grandmother of KCS student 

For More Information: 

Students connect science with culture through new curriculum – New Mexico In Depth