Teaching Manita/o New Mexico to Knowledge and Power Curators: Epistemologies of the Manita Nuevo Mexicans/o

This essay examines the cultural ecologies of Manita/o New Mexico and the educational model of La Academia de La Nueva Raza developed therein. The conclusion section offers a brief synthesis of applied pedagogical models of CCM and a sampling of culturally relevant experiential curricula concepts authored by me. The academic aim is to inform power and knowledge curators working within the Manita/o expression of the Chicana/o diaspora. The objective of this text is to create an infrastructural guide for further study and curricula development. The curriculum directed to teach and inspire professors, teachers, and public-policy makers are intended to promote grassroots knowledge about students and constituents in order to rekindle knowledge sharing systems and agencies among New Mexican Chicana/o communities.