Collaborating With Indigenous Communities: Development of a Doctoral Program

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 20
  In Roundtable Session: The Power and Possibilities for the Indigenous Good: The Importance of Indigenous Research and Praxis 2

Abstract

This paper outlines the establishment of an indigenous doctoral programme in Washington State (USA) and Whakatane (New Zealand) that was developed with community, by community and for community. The paper outlines the objectives, philosophies and visions that resulted in a unique transformative degree where the key objective was transformation and validation for community, the philosophy was built on views of leadership and change and the visions of those communities to further their own self-determination.

Authors

• Patricia Maringi Gina Johnston, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

• Marla DuPuis Conwell, South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency

• Mary Dupuis, The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation