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National tribal education advocate and longtime superintendent of the Santa Fe Indian School Joseph Abeyta died Friday at his home in Santa Clara Pueblo after a stroke, his family said. He was 83.

Abeyta was among the first tribal leaders to assume control of an American Indian boarding school from the federal government, securing the contract for the Albuquerque Indian School from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1977.

鈥淲hat he鈥檚 been able to accomplish in his life for Indian education is just unheard of,鈥� said Christie Abeyta, current SFIS superintendent and Abeyta鈥檚 niece.

In the mid- to late-1970s, the campus for the Albuquerque Indian School 鈥� on 12th and Indian School NW, near the present-day Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 鈥� had fallen into disrepair, according to a 1979 Journal . Abeyta was selected by a group of tribal governors called the All Indian Pueblo Council to lead the school into a new era after the passage of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, which allowed tribes to assume control over their own programs and services from the U.S. government.

Shortly thereafter, the Albuquerque Indian School merged with the Santa Fe Indian School on Cerrillos Road, where Abeyta served as superintendent for 32 years until 2008, the longest tenure in the school鈥檚 history, SFIS officials said in a news release.

鈥淗is life鈥檚 work is Santa Fe Indian School,鈥� Christie Abeyta said, 鈥渂ut his contributions have effects across Pueblo country and throughout the 近距离内射合集 States. And the many lives that he鈥檚 touched, influenced, inspired, are countless.鈥�

After decades of Native boarding schools being used as tools for forced assimilation, Abeyta sought to turn SFIS into a place that was defined by Native American values, not operating in spite of them, he said in a 1992 interview with .

Abeyta was born in Santa Clara Pueblo on March 6, 1943, and attended St. Catherine鈥檚 Indian School in Santa Fe. Growing up, he said, he remembered sharing stories with students from different Pueblos about their homes and families at night in the privacy of their dorm rooms. At SFIS, Abeyta said he hoped it would be different.

鈥淚鈥檇 like to tell the kids in this school, 鈥楤ring it out of the dorm,鈥欌�� he said. 鈥淭his is our school. Feel comfortable. It鈥檚 recognized. Here, it鈥檚 appreciated.鈥�

In 1988, Abeyta helped advance the Tribally Controlled Schools Act, a federal law that authorizes Native American tribes to assume control of Bureau of Indian Education schools through grants or contracts.

The passage of the Santa Fe Indian School Act in 2001 placed the school and its land into a trust for the 19 Pueblo governors of New Mexico, securing its sovereignty. In 2006, under Abeyta鈥檚 leadership, 4 out of 5 SFIS graduates went on to pursue higher education, according to the that year.

Abeyta was twice appointed to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education by former Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton, and received the lifetime achievement award from the National Indian Education Association in 2006.

Abeyta earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree from New Mexico Highlands University and was named in an SFIS news release as the first Pueblo graduate of the School of Education at Harvard University, where he earned a master鈥檚 degree in education administration. He held a doctorate from the University of New Mexico.

He is survived by his wife, Donna, and children, Joseph, Clarice, Robert and Albert. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 11, at 9 a.m. in Santa Clara Pueblo.

Natalie Robbins covers education for the Journal. You can reach her at nrobbins@abqjournal.com.