A Collaborative Vision for a Proposed Special Issue on Indigenous Education Initiatives in Texas

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Abstract

This paper presents a collaborative vision for a proposed special issue on Indigenous education initiatives in Texas. As scholars committed to Indigenous, decolonial, and community-based approaches to education, we seek to gather works that center Indigenous-led pedagogies, place-based practices, and educational sovereignty across diverse Texas geographies. Our paper outlines the thematic grounding of the special issue—rematriation, relational accountability, land and water-based learning, and resistance to settler colonial erasure—and shares the editorial ethics shaping our process. We reflect on our motivations, discuss potential contributions, and invite dialogue around how academic publishing can support Indigenous educators and communities in ongoing struggles for self-determination. Through this roundtable, we hope to refine/expand our approach while fostering scholarly-community connections rooted in responsibility and relationship.

Authors

• Marissa Munoz, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Pablo Montes, Texas Christian University

• Marleen Villanueva, Texas Christian University