Indigenizing the academy : transforming scholarship and empowering communities

Waziyatawin. (Added Author). Mihesuah, Devon A., 1957- (Added Author).

Summary: Continuing the thought-provoking dialogue launched in the acclaimed anthology Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians, leading Native scholars from diverse disciplines and communities offer uncompromising assessments of current scholarship on and by Indigenous peoples and the opportunities awaiting them in the Ivory Tower. The issues covered are vital and extensive, including how activism shapes the careers of Native academics; the response of academe and Native scholars to current issues and needs in Indian Country; and the problems of racism, territoriality, and ethnic fraud in academic hiring. The contributors offer innovative approaches to incorporating Indigenous values and perspectives into the research methodologies and interpretive theories of scholarly disciplines such as psychology, political science, archaeology, and history and suggest ways to educate and train Indigenous students. They provide examples of misunderstanding and sometimes hostility from both non-Natives and Natives that threaten or circumscribe the careers of Native scholars in higher education. They also propose ways to effect meaningful change through building networks of support inside and outside the Native academic community. Designed for classroom use, Indigenizing the Academy features a series of probing questions designed to spark student discussion and essay-writing.

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ISBN: 9781280423673
ISBN: 9780803282926
ISBN: 9780803232297
ISBN: 9780803204164
ISBN: 1280423676
ISBN: 0803282923
ISBN: 0803232292
ISBN: 0803204167
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages).
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Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, �2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Marginal and submarginal / Vine Deloria, Jr. -- Academic gatekeepers / Devon Abbott Mihesuah -- Corrupt state university : the organizational psychology of native experience in higher education / Keith James -- Reclaiming our humanity : decolonization and the recovery of indigenous knowledge / Angela Cavender Wilson -- Warrior scholarship : seeing the university as a ground of contention / Taiaiake Alfred -- Seeing (and reading) red : Indian outlaws in the ivory tower / Daniel Heath Justice -- Keeping culture in mind : transforming academic training in professional psychology for Indian country / Joseph P. Gone -- Should American Indian history remain a field of study? / Devon Abbott Mihesuah -- Teaching indigenous cultural resource management / Andrea A. Hunter -- In the trenches : a critical look at the isolation of American Indian political practices in the nonempirical social science of political science / Joely De La Torre -- Graduating indigenous students by confronting the academic environment / Joshua K. Mihesuah -- So you think you hired an "Indian" faculty member? : the ethnic fraud paradox in higher education / Cornel D. Pewewardy -- Not the end of the stories, not the end of the songs : visualizing, signifying, counter-colonizing -- David Anthony Tyeeme Clark.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.