A few years ago I conducted a study with Indigenous students about their experiences in college. One of the questions I asked the students was who they thought higher education benefited. I initially assumed that Indigenous students would think that this was white people, given that the system of higher education was designed for whiteContinue reading “Believing in the Great American Experiment”
Category Archives: hope
On Election Eve
At the start of the semester, I mapped out the topics for this blog but hadn’t thought about the post I’d write for today, the day before the election. When I was younger, I had no concept of my role in the historical moment. I was in 5th grade when the “Cold War” ended andContinue reading “On Election Eve”
Having Hope When Hope Feels Hard
I try to run five or six times a week, between four to six miles per day. During these runs I think about all sorts of things, but on occasion my mind moves to the apocalyptic–what would happen if during this run gravity stopped working, or there was a massive wave of water, or zombiesContinue reading “Having Hope When Hope Feels Hard”
Doing Indian Country Research 