ERIC Number: EJ1279356
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0897-5264
EISSN: N/A
Indigenous Graduate and Professional Students Decolonizing, Reconciling, and Indigenizing Belongingness in Higher Education
Alejandro, Adam J.; Fong, Carlton J.; De La Rosa, Yvonne M.
Journal of College Student Development, v61 n6 p679-696 Nov-Dec 2020
Although sense of belonging has been conceptualized by higher education institutions in marginalizing ways, we reclaim the construct as authentic relationships characterized by humanization, mutuality, and respect for students' cultural assets, values, and social identities. To dismantle colonizing perspectives and foreground Indigenous ways of knowing and being, our study reflects the narratives of three cis male, Indigenous graduate and professional students and their educational experiences in the US. In a collective case study with an autoethnographic lens, our findings highlight decolonizing aspects of belonging, embracing Indigenous values of the Peoplehood matrix, emphasizing relationality in community, and bridging Indigenous knowledge with academe.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, American Indian Students, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Males, Student Experience, Case Studies, Autobiographies, Ethnography, Sense of Community, Humanization, Student Attitudes, Personal Narratives
Johns Hopkins University Press. 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 800-548-1784; Tel: 410-516-6987; Fax: 410-516-6968; e-mail: jlorder@jhupress.jhu.edu; Web site: http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/subscribe.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A