31.025 - "This Is Who I Am": Indigenous Epistemology, Poetic Inquiry, and Native American Youth Voices

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The four papers in this symposium provide rich illustrations of teaching for social justice, arguing that recognizing students of color as knowledge producers is critical for more democratized notions of knowledge for greater justice. Specifically, the symposium will: 1)Discuss Indigenous Epistemology and critical pedagogy for culturally responsive curriculum;2)Discuss poetic inquiry and critical pedagogy as a means for indigenous students to exercise voice, explore cultural identity, and practice key components of Indigenous Epistemology; 3)Showcase the 5 minute video project that went viral on social media that highlights Native students’ voices and poetry; and 4)Discuss arts based research, visual culture, social media and praxis, for teaching and learning that emphasizes social change, activism, and justice.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 2: Decolonizing, Transnational and Indigenous Inquiry

Chair

• Cedric Price, Washington State University

Papers

• Indigenous Epistemology and Knowledge Systems - Lynn Marie Becerra, Washington State University; Maria Isabel Morales, Washington State University

• Rez Life, the Remix: Culturally Responsive Poetic Inquiry Through Critical Pedagogy - Paul D. Mencke, Texas State University; Douglas Lee Hoston, Washington State University - Pullman

• Rethinking STEM: Indigenous Epistemology, Justice, and the Science in Stories - Paula Groves Price, Washington State University

• "This Is Who I Am": Visual Counternarratives From Schitsu'umsh Youth - Edmundo Martin Aguilar, Washington State University - Pullman; Paula Groves Price, Washington State University

Discussant

• Karla Susanne Martin, Illinois State University