“Me rompió:” Culture, Postsecondary Education, and the Breaking of Rural First-Generation Indigenous Students

• In Event: Pathways of Success for Native American and Indigenous Students

Abstract

Using photo-based, student voice methods, we explore how postsecondary education negatively impacts rural first-generation Indigenous students’ cultural identity. Students detail feelings of disconnectedness, discrimination, and de/reconstruction of their cultural identity.

Authors

• Kayla M. Johnson, University of Cincinnati

• Joseph Levitan, McGill University

• Natalia Incio Serra, --