Category Archives: Collaboration
Reflections on Institutional Change
In 1983, my father was a young Native graduate student organizer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Thirty years later, I followed in his footsteps as a graduate student at the same institution. In the years between, … Continue reading
Posted in Capacity Building, Collaboration, Healing
Tagged Disruptive daydreaming, Healing, Institutional Change, Relationships
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Consultation and Collaboration: NIEA Hill Day 2017
This week, I got to attend the NIEA’s 2017 Hill Day. I came to listen and to learn what people are thinking about with regard to recent Indian education legislation. It was so exciting to hear leaders in Indian education … Continue reading
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#DNAIS
This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the National Endowment of the Humanities-sponsored workshop on Digital Native American and Indigenous Studies (thanks, NEH!). We were a diverse group of about thirty attendees representing tribal governments, tribal museums, universities, … Continue reading
Native Leaders Symposium 2016: Historical Trauma and Healing
Yesterday was a beautiful day in Chapel Hill! We had almost 200 people come through the Carolina Inn for the 2016 First Nations Graduate Circle Native Leaders Symposium to learn about what our community and campus leaders are doing to support … Continue reading
