Ancestors-in-training as Indigenous leaders in higher education : honoring our legacy / edited by Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn, Tiffany D. Smith, and Theresa J. Ambo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Minthorn, Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah, 1979- editor.

Smith, Tiffany D., editor.

Stewart-Ambo, Theresa, editor.

Series:

Indigenous and decolonizing studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Education, Higher.

Educational leadership.

Elders (Indigenous leaders).

Indigenous peoples--Education (Higher).

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

xxii, 221 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.

Summary:

This book offers new perspectives from Indigenous leaders in academic affairs, student affairs, and central administration to improve colleges and universities to cultivate spaces of belonging with Indigenous students and professionals. Providing rich context on the realities of Indigenous leadership in today's higher education landscape, and highlighting organizations that center Indigenous knowledges and approaches, the volume brings together prominent voices of Indigenous Peoples on administration and governance, Indigenous leadership academic programs, and Indigenous student leadership and activism. The book discusses and illustrates ways that leadership norms, values, assumptions, and behaviors can often originate from cultural identities, and how these assumptions can affect how colleges and universities evolve to serve Indigenous Peoples. The intergenerational perspectives in this book contribute valuable insights for leadership development and reflection among leaders in higher education, and offers key recommendations for transforming higher education. This volume will be important reading for those studying or researching Education Leadership, Indigenous Studies, Higher Education, Foundations of Education, and Multicultural Education, and will serve as a beneficial resource to Indigenous leaders and educational leaders.

Contents:

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, Diň, Hunkpapa Lakota, Assiniboine and Sioux), Shereena Baker (Southern Ute/Karuk), and Dorothea (Dee) Bluehorse (Diň)

Chapter 2. Creating a Higher Education Collaborative through a Diň Perspective / Catherine N. Montoya (Diň)

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

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 ʻLiwi)

gt 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 (Diň)

Chapter 14. Living Indigenous Methodologies through the Guidance of Academic Ancestors. Stories of Mentorship, Disruption, and Community in our Doctoral Journey / Sarena Gray (Diň), 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 am̀ỳ scott (Diň), Cassie Sando (Jemez Pueblo), Stevie Rose Lee (Diň), and Chris Nelson (Laguna Pueblo/Diň)

Chapter 16. Indigenous Student Activism and Movements. Removing Racist Representations and Colonial Narratives in the Academy / Cheyenne Antonio (Diň), Viki Eagle (Sicangu (Rosebud) Lakota Nation), Demetrius Johnson (Diň), Taylor Lucero (Laguna Pueblo), Jennifer Marley (San Ildefonso Pueblo (Tewa)), Christine Nelson (Laguna Pueblo/Diň), 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 Sok̤l Como (Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation)

Closing

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781041040118

1041040113

9781041040101

1041040105

OCLC:

1535239506

Publisher Number:

90104656669

CIPO000312994