Division F Fireside Chat: Decolonizing Education and Empire: Interrogating Interwoven Histories of Race and Indigeneity in North American Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session engages in a discussion that delves into the intersecting and diverging educational histories of Native and Black communities across the United States and Canada. This panel aims to illuminate the interconnected experiences of these groups, exploring how complex historical contexts, policies, and cultural dynamics have shaped their educational journeys. This session will explore themes and topics including the legacies of colonialism and white supremacy, movements of resistance and sovereignty, contemporary policy, and current challenges. Using recent historical research as a guide, this discussion emphasizes the plurality of possibilities to remedy, repair, and restore education as an international human right.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Division F - History and Historiography

Chairs

• Christopher J. Getowicz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Darion A. Wallace, Stanford University

Panelists

• Christy L. Oxendine, University of Oklahoma

• Funke Aladejebi, University of Toronto

• Jennifer Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Khalil Anthony Johnson, Wesleyan University

• Alexa Rodriguez, University of Virginia