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Students who have endured the US education system are indoctrinated with information on the founding of this country, and this certainly includes New Mexico students. However, they are also taught that 235 years ago, a failed incursion into what would become New Mexico was led by a Muslim slave and Franciscan priest, only a year before the more infamous Coronado incursion.
Jon Ghahate is of the Pueblos of Laguna and Zuni and of the Turkey and Badger Clans. He is an educator at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado. Previously, Ghahate was the museum cultural educator at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. He has a diverse professional background which includes being a physician’s assistant, a high school math and science teacher, athletic coach, and associate producer for Native America Calling.