Graduate Student Council Session. #WalkingThePathofOurAncestors: Celebrating the Voices and Lived Experiences of Modern Indigenous Educational Warriors

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Since first contact, our ancestors were fighting for our survival. Today, instead of weapons, our leaders do battle in classrooms, at conferences, and in political arenas. Dr. Tiffany Lee (Diné/Lakota) is the chair and a professor in Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Dr. Patricia D. Quijada Cerecer (Xicana/Cupeño) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Shawn Secatero (Canoncito Band of Navajo) is an Associate Professor in Educational Leadership at UNM. Songtree Pioche (Taos Pueblo/Oglala Lakota) is a Master’s Student in NAS at UNM and the Vice Chair-NM Native American Democratic Caucus. Ashley Miles (Hopi/Santa Ana Pueblo) is a Pre-Med student at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Graduate Student Council

Chair

• Dre Abeita, University of New Mexico

Panelists

• Tiffany S. Lee, University of New Mexico

• Patricia D. Quijada Cerecer, University of California - Davis

• Shawn Lee Secatero, University of New Mexico

• Songtree Pioche

• Ashley Miles