Carrying Stories Forward: Deepening Our Places and Spaces Through Collectivity Across Institutions and Communities

• In Event: Critical Epistemologies and Methodologies: Reclaiming Knowledge, Story, and Belonging Across Educational Spaces

Abstract

How can we deepen our places and spaces of collective praxis in the context of Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) serving sites of learning? The purpose of this study is to explore how two Indigenous scholars build solidarity across a tribal college and a minority-serving institution from the perspective of Indigenous educational sovereignty and freedom dreaming. Both scholars serve in teaching, leadership, service, and community engaged capacities that privilege student centered ways of knowing. This duoethnography builds upon transformation frameworks to translate Indigenous dreaming into institutional practice.

Authors

• Leola Paquin, University of New Mexico

• Danielle R. Lansing, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute