ABOUT
KUUMBA VILLAGE
KVH is a close-nit network with a purpose to provide culturally relative educational resources, funding, and fields-trips to enhance the homeschool experience for American indigenous families. To promote self-awareness and restore our indigenous identity to our students and families through heritage studies of our ancestral lands in which we are a direct reflection.
American Ingidenous Background
Our story began when in our local community there lies a lack of representation and academic support for children of indigenous decent. Learning materials and accurate foundational information was non-existent. As a parent and educator, I then began to design of a dynamic learning path for my children. That then led to the Universe bringing other families with same concerns into our initial family sphere. Over the course of four years, our community has grown from three families to over twenty families and growing.
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Our intimate homeschool community was designed and born based on the dedication of like-minded parents preserving the heritage of our Indigenous American identity, passing on true legacy that comes through ancestry to uplift and equip our future generations of their past (Sankofa) with the goal of every learner acknowledging the power and creativity within.
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Behind the name "Kuumba" is the Swahili word, “Creativity.” It is also celebrated as the 6th principal of Kwanza (“first fruits”-celebration of Alkebulan and ancestral roots) with practical ways of uplifting the community. Creativity meaning to perform acts that leave the community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it." -Dr. Maulana Karanga.