Call for Book Chapters For a PDF version of the call, click here. Historically, Indigenous women and girls, have not been positioned as creators or holders of knowledge within academic spaces. Scholars of critical race feminism have argued that racialized, gendered, classed, and otherwise marked histories, provide distinct and valuable sources of knowledge that areContinue reading “Celebrating Survival of Indigenous Culture, Knowledge, and Values in Educational Spaces: Foregrounding the Voices of Indigenous Girls and Women”
Category Archives: Native
Stop Celebrating Thanksgiving
Over the years I’ve noticed an attempt to rehabilitate Thanksgiving. Some folks change the name, some people make clear that “it’s not about genocide, it’s about food!,” others share that they use the day to reflect on Indigenous peoples in the United States. All of this is problematic. My own relationship with Thanksgiving is complicated–IContinue reading “Stop Celebrating Thanksgiving”
Doing Indian Country Research, an Introduction
Thank you for reading! As you may have concluded, the previous posts serve as an introduction to some of my public work–a keynote I gave to a group of minority engineering graduate students, and brief summaries of my publications. I’ll continue to post about upcoming publications, my current research projects, and hopefully provide reflections onContinue reading “Doing Indian Country Research, an Introduction”
“I’m Exhausted”: Everyday Occurrences of Being Native American
Masta, S. (2018). “I’m exhausted”: Everyday occurrences of being Native American. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 31(9), 821-835. In this study, I used small stories narrative and Indigenous methodology to understand the everyday occurrences of Native American students and to highlight the complex relationship between their identity, their sense of belonging in graduateContinue reading ““I’m Exhausted”: Everyday Occurrences of Being Native American”
Strategy and Resistance: How Native American Students Engage in Accommodation in Mainstream Schools
Masta, S. (2018). Strategy and resistance: How Native American students engage in accommodation in mainstream schools. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 49(1), 21-35. This article explores the experiences of a group of Native American 8th graders who attend a mainstream school and how they engage in accommodation as an act of agency and resistance to protectContinue reading “Strategy and Resistance: How Native American Students Engage in Accommodation in Mainstream Schools”
What the Grandfathers Taught Me: Lessons for an Indian Country Researcher
Masta, S. (2018). What the grandfathers taught me: Lessons for an Indian Country research. The Qualitative Report, 23(4), 841-852. Native scholars face several challenges when they enter research spaces. These challenges include difficulty in engaging with the broader research community because of the social and educational urgency of tribal-focused research, discouragement from using Indigenous methodologiesContinue reading “What the Grandfathers Taught Me: Lessons for an Indian Country Researcher”
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