SFIS Faces
View All
Six Nations Cultural Exchange
SFIS- Mohawk Student Exchange
HS Academics
Santa Fe Indian School & Gawenni:io/Kawenni:yo School Cultural Exchange Program April 2014
The following are goals of the Culture Exchange Program:
- To explore and appreciate another indigenous culture first hand.
- To offer a profound opportunity for cultural immersion by interacting with other high school students from an indigenous community.
- To promote leadership skills & foster goodwill & deep respect as young ambassadors from the pueblo nations (AIPC), the sfis & Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo School communities, & Iroquois Confederacy.
- To broaden personal & educational perspectives as well as reinforce & foster a deeper commitment to both schools’ educational/language/cultural goals & objectives.
- To explore another geographic region & observe how different geographical areas influence lifestyles.
- To demonstrate the benefits of education beyond the four walls of a classroom as a viable and advantageous means of learning.