Dismantling Racial Injustice IS Imagining an Indigenous Holistic Well-Being Framework for the Next Seven Generations

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

The Indigenous Corn Pollen Model is a holistic framework rooted in 13-years of research (Author 1, 2009) highlighting the epistemology of Navajo elders relating to spiritual, mental, physical, and social well-being. The sacred symbol of corn in Navajo cultural lifeways is inspiration for this holistic framework to promote success and well-being for Indigenous youth. In the wake of the pandemic, Indigenous communities experienced significantly higher mortality rates due to long-standing structural violence and injustices (Tai et al., 2021), and in this workshop we “look back and imagine forward” drawing on critical race theory, research on decoloniality, and experiential knowledge of Indigenous leaders and educators to dream of conditions, educational and otherwise, to practice sovereignty and self-determination in relation to well-being.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Holistic Education

Chair

• Shawn Lee Secatero, University of New Mexico

Papers

• Ataa’didiin Ba’ Hane’: Pollenating a Call to Action for the Next Seven Generations - Shawn Lee Secatero, University of New Mexico

• To Dismantle or Construct We Must Know - Tyson E.J. Marsh, University of Washington - Bothell

• Si’ah Naaghai Bik’eh Hozhoon: The Beauty Way of Life - Bernard Chimoni, University of New Mexico; Marnita Chischilly, University of New Mexico; Mechelle Iron Cloud-Crazy Thunder, University of New Mexico; Verlena Livingston, University of New Mexico; Kyla R. Powell, University of New Mexico; Shinae Nicole Reid, University of New Mexico

Discussant

• Allison M. Borden, University of New Mexico