Ancestors-in-Training as Indigenous Leaders in Higher Education Honoring Our Legacy

Introduction

Section I: Administration and Governance

Interlude: Decolonizing Administration to Increase Native Student Success
Amy Gustafson (Gwichya zhee Gwich’in and Inupiaq descent)

Chapter 1: Advocating for Our Future Generations: Strategies of Indigenous Women in Academia for Representation, Rights, and Reciprocity in Attaining Academic Success
Jodi L. Burshia (Laguna Pueblo, Diné, Hunkpapa Lakota, Assiniboine and Sioux), Shereena Baker (Southern Ute/Karuk), and Dorothea (Dee) Bluehorse (Diné)

Chapter 2: Creating a Higher Education Collaborative through a Diné Perspective
Catherine N. Montoya (Diné)

Chapter 3: Kuleana to the Lāhui: A Genealogy of ʻŌiwi Leadership in Higher Education
Kamakanaokealoha M. Aquino (Kanaka ʻŌiwi)

Chapter 4: Cultivating Indigenous Leadership: Insights from Young Elders
Tyler J. Parisien (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) and Corey M. Still (Cherokee/Keetoowah)

Chapter 5: Making Campus: Building Within and Beyond
Aaron Golding (Seneca Nation) and Jasmine Gurneau (Oneida/Menominee)

Chapter 6: Walk into the Room Like Your Ancestors Sent You
Dr. Nichole S. Prescott (Myaamia)

Section II: Indigenous Leadership Academic Programs
Interlude
Annette Woolley (Yakama), Elise Bill Gerrish (Muckleshoot), and Jennifer Vasilez (Puyallup)

Chapter 7: Developing Native American Leaders:  A Discussion of the Master’s in Native Leadership at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Amy Gantt (Chickasaw) and Patricia Horback (Cherokee)

Chapter 8: Liberating Sovereign Futures: Growing Educational Leadership Preparation Programming in Higher Education
Alex Red Corn (Osage/□□□□□□□□□□□□)

Chapter 9: Ancestral Leadership: Planting Our Legacy through Visionary and Holistic Leadership of the Corn Pollen Model
Shawn Secatero (Canoncito Band of Navajo)

Chapter 10: Ke Kani a Ka Pahu: Balancing the Myth of Academic Leadership on a Thin Blade of Grass
Kekailoa Perry (Kanaka ʻŌiwi)

Chapter 11: The Evolution of an Indigenous Student Success Center at a Community and Technical College in Washington State
Leander Yazzie (Navajo)

Chapter 12: Ho‘oponopono to Improve Family Engagement in Academic Programs
Dr. Hannah Kivalahula-Uddin and Jennifer De Costa

Chapter 13: Tribute of Culture and Place: Acknowledging the Empowerment of Partnership with Muckleshoot Tribal College in Higher Education
Dr. Dawn Hardison-Stevens (Steilacoom, Cowlitz, Omushkeg Cree, Anishinabek Ojibway), Dr. Denise Bill (Muckleshoot), Wayne Buchanan (Muckleshoot), Michelle Montgomery (Haliwa Saponi/Eastern Band Cherokee), and Madrienne White (Muckleshoot)

Section III: Indigenous Student Leadership and Activism
Interlude: The Ways We Lead
Janelle Cronin (Diné)

Chapter 14: Living Indigenous Methodologies through the Guidance of Academic Ancestors: Stories of Mentorship, Disruption, and Community in our Doctoral Journey
Sarena Gray (Diné), Tiffani Kelly (Choctaw), and Shelby White (Cherokee)

Chapter 15: An Indigenous Leadership Renaissance: Conceptualizing Leadership and Activism through Acts of Home-Going and the 4Rs
charlie amáyá scott (Diné), Cassie Sando (Jemez Pueblo), Stevie Rose Lee (Diné), and Chris Nelson (Laguna Pueblo/Diné)

Chapter 16: Indigenous Student Activism and Movements: Removing Racist Representations and Colonial Narratives in the Academy
Cheyenne Antonio (Diné), Viki Eagle (Sicangu (Rosebud) Lakota Nation), Demetrius Johnson (Diné), Taylor Lucero (Laguna Pueblo), Jennifer Marley (San Ildefonso Pueblo (Tewa)), Christine Nelson (Laguna Pueblo/Diné), and Dr. Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn (Kiowa/Apache/Nez Perce/Umatilla/Assiniboine)

Chapter 17: Giving Back as a Form of Student Leadership for Native Undergraduate STEM Students
Tiffany D. Smith (Cherokee/Muscogee), Maria Ong, Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Dr. Matthew Madison

Chapter 18: Developing Native Student Leaders in Higher Education through ONASHE (Oklahoma Native American Students in Higher Education)
Robin Minthorn (Kiowa/Apache/Nez Perce/Umatilla/Assiniboine) and Natalie Youngbull (Cheyenne)

Chapter 19: Inspiring Global Indigenous Leaders through Student Mobility
Amaranta Sokól Como (Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation)

Closing

Biography

Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn (Kiowa/Apache/Nez Perce/Umatilla/Assiniboine) is Professor and Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

Tiffany D. Smith (Cherokee/Muscogee) was Director of Research and Career Support at AISES – Advancing Indigenous People in STEM, New Mexico, USA.

Theresa J. Ambo (Gabrielino/Tongva, Luiseno) is Associate Professor of American Indian Studies and Education, at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.