The American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, this year held in Denver, Colorado on April 30 - May 4 (2010) has a session on the topic: "Cross-institutional Collaborations in Indigenous Education". The session chair is Professor Ray Barnhardt from University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Abstract: The session will examine various models of cross-institutional collaboration that have been implemented in support of undergraduate and graduate research programs serving indigenous students and communities across the U.S. and beyond. Examples will be drawn from experiences of institutions serving American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Canadian First Nations, as well as indigenous peoples in the Circumpolar North and South Pacific regions. The formation of an International Indigenous Graduate Education Alliance under the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium will also be discussed.
The objectives of the session are as follows:
* To promote increased participation of indigenous peoples in educational research efforts.
* To encourage indigenous serving institutions to be proactive in the support of joint research programs with indigenous peoples.
* To explore models of cross-institutional partnerships in support of indigenous research programs.
Participating scholars are Ray Barnhardt (University of Alaska Fairbanks), Keiki Kawai'ae'a (University of Hawaii Hilo), Perry Gilmore (University of Arizona), Jo-ann Archibald (University of British Columbia), Michelle Pidgeon (Simon Fraser University), Graham H. Smith (Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi), Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Arizona State University) and William Demmert (Western Washington University).
Read their presentation summaries here.
