Knowledge Keepers as Public Intellects: Indigenous Perspectives Toward Nation Building and Democracy

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this session, the participants will describe how their work with Indigenous communities continue to raise new points of consideration and problematization of what democracy means for Indigenous communities. The participants will also discuss how their work positions the community, teachers and/or research participants as knowledge keepers/intellectuals within nation building efforts. In addition, they will discuss how Indigenous research methodologies framed their work with Indigenous communities. Overall, the following questions will guide discussion: What are the intersections of democracy and sovereignty/nation building for Indigenous education, communities and research that move us toward transformative change and action? Can they co-exist in these spaces?

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 6: Decolonization and the Next Hundred Years (The Desires of Curriculum)

Chairs

• Hollie Anderson Kulago, Elmira College

• Jeremy Garcia, University of Arizona

• Valerie J. Shirley, The University of Arizona

Papers

• Empowering Indigenous Youth and Teachers as Nation Builders Through Indigenous Social Justice Pedagogy - Valerie J. Shirley, The University of Arizona

• Hopi Educators Reimagine Curriculum and Pedagogy as Nation Building - Jeremy Garcia, University of Arizona

• Complicating Democracy by Clarifying the Diné Community - Hollie Anderson Kulago, Elmira College

• Humanizing Teaching and Research: Co-Creating and Sustaining Dialogic Relationships - Timothy Jose San Pedro, The Ohio State University

• Positioning Indigenous Early Childhood Preservice Teachers as Nation Builders - Danielle R. Lansing, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Discussant

• Tiffany S. Lee, University of New Mexico