Intergenerational Teaching and Learning in Santa Ana Pueblo: A Study Rooted in Pueblo Methodologies

• In Event: Land, Language, and Intergenerational Learning: Indigenous Pedagogies of Place, Kinship, and Continuance Across Generations and Geographies

Abstract

This study examines intergenerational teaching and learning in Santa Ana Pueblo, focusing on the transmission of knowledge, language, and core values across youth, parent, and elder generations. Grounded in Pueblo epistemologies and Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies, the research prioritizes oral tradition, relational accountability, and community-based ethics. Thematic analysis reveals how education is enacted through caregiving, ceremony, and collective responsibility. In confronting the historical disruptions of settler colonialism, the study restores Indigenous educational practices rooted in land, kinship, and spirituality. It advances a vision of education research that centers Indigenous sovereignty and community-defined learning. By recovering suppressed histories and foregrounding Pueblo pedagogies, this work contributes to the construction of inclusive, culturally grounded futures for education policy, practice, and research.

Author

• Daphne Littlebear, Arizona State University