American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 416-419
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Author share her observations and experiences of anti-Indigenous discrimination and prejudices within the University she attended as a post-graduate student, and shares her strategies for overcoming it to attain her degree.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 325-332
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Article explores the motivations for and the root causes of both Indigenous apathy and activism within mainstream postsecondary institutions; assesses the cost to individuals for both.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-32
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Uses the art of Arthur Renwick as an illustration of the environment, attitudes and efforts to resist colonization of other Aboriginal artists, including Alfred Young Man.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 459-478
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Author details several methods for teaching Indigenous Studies in a way that engages both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students which he has developed through 16 years of experience teaching “Native history, culture, and current events.
Discusses the difficulties, conflicts, methodological problems, and theoretical insights that emerged from the interactions and relationships with members of the Native American community at Haskell Indian Nations University.
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American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 196-199
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Author details their experience of systemic and personal racism as graduate student and lecturer in the Anthropology department of a University in the United States.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 91-102
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Author discusses different factors that have led to and possible solutions to the education gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the United States.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 103-112
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Author describes the hiring process and their first year as a Professor in the English department of University of Alaska Anchorage; offers discussion of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) hiring practices and of the process of learning “how universities work.”
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 72-83
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Looks at the differences between mainstream and Indigenous concepts of knowledge. The author also takes a look at ethical space in academia from a personal, family, and community point of view.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 412-415
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Author describes their personal experiences with profound ignorance towards Indigenous peoples and systemic anti-Indigenous racism at the small exclusive college at which they are a non-tenured member of the faculty.
Centre fills three purposes: offers programing for instruction to provide information about Native Americans, recruit and retain Native American students, and provide assistance to tribes for accessing higher education
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 172-176
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Author argues that gun museums—especially those attached to academic institutions—serve to silence the Indigenous voice regarding the history of the American West, promote a white-supremist agenda, and function as a tool of ongoing colonialism in the United States.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 394-399
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Author’s details their personal experiences of discrimination and isolation while attending graduate school; and the subsequent ostracization by her home community.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 178-203
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Author spotlights the programs at Bacone College between 1927-1955 which engaged Indigenous students and cultures, and how the unique environment allowed students to engage in cultural production that critically examined the intersection of Indigenous identity and colonial education.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 386-393
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The author details some of the barriers faced by Indigenous students in both attending and preparing to attend post-secondary institutions; explores the experience of both staff and students with systemic racism at the college they are employed at.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 177-188
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Author draws on their experience working within the academy to illustrate institutional discrimination against Indigenous scholars, graduate students, and allies who choose to confront issues of genocide, land theft, and colonization in their work.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 264-266
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Author articulates many of the differences between Indigenous ways of learning and knowing and mainstream Western pedagogies and epistemologies; suggests considerations and strategies for integrating the different worldviews in postsecondary education settings.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 232-245
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Examines how cultural differences, between Indigenous and Western world views, have been dealt with when teaching the Ojibwe language at the Michigan State University.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 46-49
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Short Introductory piece to the special issue which describes the editor’s experience following the release of the Call for Papers for an AIQ issue dedicated to the experience of Indigenous students, staff and faculty within the academic intuition.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2003, pp. 185-194
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Critical examination of First Nations Studies; the writer looks forward to the day when there are more First Nations' students participating in these courses.
Canadian Critical Race Conference 2003: Pedagogy and Practice
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Rauna Kuokkanen
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Article from the Canadian Critical Race Conference held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 2-4, 2003, which was dedicated to the ending of racial oppression.
Looks at how to teach and perceive worldviews that are different from one's own.
Discusses four-year project undertaken at the University of Victoria to increase retention and success of Aboriginal students through supportive programming, positive community experiences, peer mentoring, financial assistance, and cultural training for faculty and staff.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 441-451
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Author describes a range of non-academic racism that they have been subject to—micro and macro aggressions enacted by campus security, administrators, and other staff—while employed as an instructor at a university.
Shows mainstream society importance of high self-esteem differ from the theory of self-regard based on Indigenous traditions based on interconnectedness.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 200-202
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Author explores some of the issues and politics that arise for them as a mixed-race Professor who teaches Native American Literature at the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM).
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 228-232
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Author encourages Indigenous people looking at careers in academia to seek out mentorship from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty members and stresses the roles that allies can play to support Indigenous people entering the academy.