U.S. House passes Albuquerque Indian School Act • Source New Mexico
The Pueblo Dance Group performs at an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration on Oct. 13, 2025, at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, which would receive land from a former boarding school under proposed federal legislation. (Danielle Prokop/Source NM)
The federal legislation, titled the Albuquerque Indian School Act, would transfer 10 acres of a former boarding school to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, which provides a museum, cultural programming and events serving the state’s 19 Pueblos. Monique Fragua (Jemez Pueblo), the president and CEO of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, said the land would be used for an entrepreneur complex, and would also include light industry and manufacturing spaces.
U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, who represents New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District and carried the legislation in the House, issued a statement noting that this week’s congressional actions brought the delegation “one step closer” to making the transfer “a realit…