Gregory Cajete is a Native American educator whose work is dedicated to honoring the foundations of Indigenous knowledge in education. Dr. Cajete is a Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. He worked at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for twenty-one years. In 1995, he was offered a position in American Indian education at the University of New Mexico's College of Education. Currently, he is director of Native American Studies and a professor in the Division of Language, Literacy, and Socio-Cultural Studies in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Cajete has authored seven books: Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education, (1994); Igniting the Sparkle: An Indigenous Science Education Model, (1999); Spirit of the Game: Indigenous Wellsprings (2004); A People’s Ecology: Explorations in Sustainable Living; and Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence (1999 and 2000). With Don Jacobs (Four Arrows) and Jongmin Lee, he has also authored Critical Neurophilosophy and Indigenous Wisdom (2009). Dr. Cajete has made over 200 national and international presentations.