Native American Community Academy

NACA has created significant connections and collaborations in the community to provide success for students. Some collaborations help NACA to connect students to the community – while others provide resources for NACA academics, projects, activities, and initiatives.

Many of these collaborations provide exciting experiential education opportunities for students that help improve positive sense of self, positive associations with peers, healthy beliefs, and establish clear standards for behavior—ultimately keeping kids healthy, decreasing dropout and drug use rates, and minimizing depression among our students.

Below are some of NACA’s community connections and organizations that we collaborate with:

• Albuquerque Academy
• Albuquerque Open Space
• Center for Native American Health
• College of Santa Fe
• Cottonwood Gulch Foundation
• Dine College:
• Envision NM-UNM
• Explora Science Museum
• National Indian Youth Council
• National Indian Youth Leadership Project:
• New Mexico Department of Game and Fish:
• NM Forum for Youth in Community
• Permaculture Institute
• Rez Riderz
• Rio Grande Nature Center
• Santa Fe Center Studios
• Santa Fe Mountain Center
• South San Pedro Neighborhood Association
• Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute
• Stone Age Rock Climbing Gym
• Traditional Native American Farmer’s Association
• UNM Center for Participatory Research
• UNM Continuing Education
• VSA Arts of New Mexico
• Warehouse 508