The Nambe Pueblo Health, Wellness, and Education Department Goal is to develop and implement community programs that will assist the community/tribal members of Nambe Pueblo to live a safer and healthier life through education, activities, and community involvement.
There are eight programs that make up the Health, Wellness, and Education Department: The Community Health Representative’s (CHR), Diabetes Prevention (SDPI), Wellness Center, Education, Tewa Language, Early Childhood, Library, and Youth.
The Community Health Representative (CHR); consist of five objectives.
Objective I. Provide each household in Nambe Pueblo and enrolled members not residing on the pueblo with current health information.
Objective II. Provide home visits to tribal members and their spouses to help ensure their health needs are met. 
Objective III. Provide transportation services for tribal members and their spouses to be able to access their health care needs.
Objective IV. Host and/or collaborate with other health organizations/agencies to provide health related services to promote a healthier and safe community.
Objective V. Ensure education and training for our Community Health Representative so they can provide up to date health services to our tribal members and spouses.
Office Number (505) 455-4415
DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM (SDPI)
American Indians and Alaska Natives have higher rates of diabetes than other racial/ethnic groups. With this in mind, our goal is to prevent diabetes or delay onset.
- Increase the percentage of Nambe community members who’s level of physical activity is assessed and documented,
- Promote partnerships that enhance the provision of physical activity education and opportunities to individuals, and families,
Office Number (505) 455-4415
WELLNESS CENTER
Open Mon-Thurs. 11am-7pm, Friday 8am-5pm and Saturday 8am-12pm
Contact Number (505) 455-4423
We opened our doors August 1, 2010. There is no cost to use our facility, although you need to register to use our facility.
We have many items from kick balls, basketballs, air hockey, ping pong, punching bag gloves, weighted vest, to coloring books, board games, Wii games, and bikes for our patrons to check out and use. We also provide fitness assessments so you can know if your flexibility, strength, cardio has decreased or increased every eight weeks.
Weekly Classes at Wellness Center
Monday and Wednesday: 11:30-12pm TAI CHI and 6-6:45pm BOOT CAMP
Tuesday and Thursday 6-6:45pm YOGA
*Community and Special Programming- We host monthly community events. During these events we provide a healthy snack/meal, physical activity and health education. We also collaborate with outside agencies.
We have a few walking trails if you like to be outdoors. In front of our building, we have a beautiful pond with a fountain to walk around or across the street we have a walking path that is cemented and fenced in and if your more adventurous we have a map that you can see the outline of three trails just follow the roadrunner stones, but 
please don’t forget to sign in. We also have equipment for playing outdoors that includes a mini football goal, markers, flags, baseball, bases, gloves, bats, soccer 
goals, if you’re looking at doing teams we offer pinnies. There also is an outdoor tetherball court, half basketball court, volleyball court, hopscotch, and across the street outdoor exercise equipment to work your whole body out. Be on the lookout for our 30-Day Challenge’s
YOUTH PROGRAM
*Afterschool Program- This program is offered to community youth in grades K-6, five days a week, the school bus stops at our front door to deliver our youth and we end at 6:00pm. The afterschool program provides healthy nutritional snacks (which the youth prepare), at least 30 minutes of physical activity, as well as educational tutoring support. The Tewa Language Program has also implemented their program into this to assist our children to learn their native language and learn native crafts.
*Summer Youth Program- This is an 8-week program, 3 days a week, 10 hours a day for youth with no charge. We do a wide variety of activities from Native crafts and language to rafting and rock climbing.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday 8am to 6pm, Fridays 8am-5pm and closed on the weekends.
Direct phone: (505) 455-4424
Email: vvigil@nambepueblo.org and spena@nambepueblo.org
The library hosts a monthly Family Literacy Night. Family Literacy Night includes children and adults picking out a book of their choice from a selection of books we have available for them. We require 20 minutes of reading and then they can keep the book to take home to expend their home library. After reading is concluded a homemade meal is provided along with an arts and crafts project to work everyone’s fine and gross motor skills.
We host a bi-weekly book club for adults. Everyone is provided a book and we discuss everyone’s perspective at these meetings. When there is a movie to a book, we watch the movie after reading the book and discuss the differences between them.
Provide readings, books, and educational activities weekly to our Pre-K and youth program throughout the year.
Host and/or collaborate with other programs to put on community events such as, the Solar Eclipse, End of School Year Celebration, Back to School Night, just to name a few.
We will be hosting a summer youth reading program. We will provide books and incentives.
We have computers, printers, scanners, and copier for community needs, free of charge.
We have a wide arrange of Native American books and movies.
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Nambe Pueblo Higher Education Scholarship/ Tuition Waiver Program
Reimbursements for School Supplies/Fees (JOM and Non JOM)
Host a Variety of Education Opportunities.
Office Number (505) 455-4426
Tewa Language
The Tewa Language Program works with all ages incorporating Tewa Language in what we do every day and host a variety of classes.
Office Number (505) 455-4417
