Cultivating Equitable Education Systems: The Importance of Indigenous Research and Praxis

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The Coolangatta Statement (1999) declares that “Indigenous peoples throughout the world have argued that they have been denied equity in non-Indigenous education systems which has failed to provide educational services that nurture the whole Indigenous person inclusive of scholarship, culture, and spirituality.” The papers in this session examine a community-based research initiative, an autoethnography that is story-based, and the navigation of accreditation in higher education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific

Chair

• Kelly Beth N. Dukelow, Kamehameha Schools

Papers

• Navigating Accreditation in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific - Natasha A. Saelua, McREL International

• Ola nā iwi oʻu i kuʻu wahi keiki: A Story of Personal Evolution Through Caregiving - Jerusha Nanea Puanani Magalei, Brigham Young University - Hawaii

• Te Pikopiko Community-Based Research Institute: Cultivating an Education System for the Well-Being of Indigenous People - Margaret J. Maaka, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; Ivy Kahukiwa Smith, Te Kōpere o te Iwi o Hineuru; Teracia Smith, Te Pikopiko Hineuru

Discussant

• Jay-R Kaawa, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa