American Indian or Alaska Native
Articles in this section may concurrently be sorted into other fields of study (e.g., Higher Education, Social Sciences). Population tabs were created for this project to highlight the impact of racial discrimination on particular racial/ethnic groups. Sentences that come directly from the article are in quotation marks. CSUN students, faculty, and staff can access most articles through the University Library using CSUN credentials. Please use the library鈥檚 interlibrary loan services if an article of interest is not available.
Brayboy, B. M. J. (2005).听.听The Urban Review, 37(5), 425鈥446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-005-0018-y
- Brayboy developed Tribal Critical Race Theory (TribalCrit) to better account for the issues facing Indigenous Peoples in the U.S. In this article, Brayboy outlines the central tenets of TribalCrit, which he uses to address the complicated relationship between American Indians and the U.S. federal government to make sense of American Indians鈥 liminality as both racial and legal/political groups and individuals.
Castagno, A. E. (2012).听.听Journal of American Indian Education, 51(1), 3鈥21. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43608618
- The article discusses 鈥渆fforts to prepare Indigenous teachers for Indigenous schools within predominantly White university teacher preparation programs,鈥 and whether these programs 鈥渃ontinue the legacy of colonization and assimilation, or advance tribal nations' goals of sovereignty and self-determination.鈥
Dellinger, M., Jackson, B., & Poupart, A. (2016).听.听American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 23(3), 68鈥86. https://doi.org/10.5820/aian.2303.2016.68
- In 2009, the Great Lakes Native American Research Center for Health generated a promotional video that highlights the successes of the program. Ten GLNARCH interns were interviewed and filmed for the promotional video. Interviewee responses were noted for relevance to Tribal Critical Race Theory, mentoring, and cultural compatibility. Though the interviews were not intended as a formal qualitative analysis, powerful narratives that are relevant to participatory research emerged.
Desai, S. R., & Abeita, A. (2017).听.听Equity & Excellence in Education, 50(3), 275鈥289. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2017.1336498
- The authors provide a case study of Joy, a Din茅 (Navajo) young woman, and 鈥渄escribe her student activism in regards to the seal and how she utilizes it to connect to her culture, language, and identity.鈥 The authors utilize CRT and Tribal Critical Race Theory to analyze the institutional microaggressions that Joy experienced on campus.
Fish, J., Livingston, J. A., VanZile-Tamsen, C., & Patterson Silver Wolf, D. A. (2017).听.听Journal of College Student Development, 58(3), 413鈥431. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2017.0031
- This study examines 鈥渞ates of victimization and substance use among Native American students in comparison to other students and to assess the perceived impact of these experiences on academics.鈥 Results suggest that Native American college students 鈥渆xperience disproportionate rates of victimization, which in turn affects their academic functioning.鈥
Fong, C. J., Alejandro, A. J., Krou, M. R., Segovia, J., & Johnston-Ashton, K. (2019).听.听Contemporary Educational Psychology, 59, Article 101805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.101805
- The authors adopt critical quantitative (QuantCrit) principles and 鈥渞ace-reimaged belongingness factors in an investigation of Indigenous students (N鈥=鈥887) from 156 U.S. community colleges in a secondary dataset.鈥 Using measurement invariance testing and multilevel modeling, findings suggest that 鈥渂oth traditional conceptualizations of belongingness factors (i.e., student relationships to teachers and peers) and Native-specific constructions of belongingness factors via relationships to community, family, and cultural identity were salient. Native-specific factors were more consistently associated with Indigenous students鈥 outcomes.鈥
Hays, A. (2017).听.听Journal of American Indian Education, 56(2), 34鈥56. https://doi.org/10.5749/jamerindieduc.56.2.0034
- College students in a young adult literature course required for preservice teachers who are English education majors read the semiautobiographical novel, If I Ever Get Out of Here (2013) by Eric Gansworth (Onandaga). At the conclusion of the course, students were surveyed to determine 鈥渋f reading this particular novel and participating in literature circles would prompt better understanding among non-Native students of the inequities inherent in the current social and educational system.鈥 Findings suggest that 鈥渢he use of literature circles was not sufficient to develop a full understanding of the need for culturally sustaining pedagogy.鈥
Lemley, C. K., & Lee, T. L. (2016).听.听Journal of American Indian Education, 55(2), 28鈥50. https://doi.org/10.5749/jamerindieduc.55.2.0028
- Using a survey, interviews, and an Indigenous focus group, the authors examine how a university and college met the stated goal to 鈥淏e a leading university/college serving Indigenous students.鈥 They draw on Tribal Critical Race Theory to analyze the data.
Martinez-Cola, M. (2020).听.听Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 6(4), 468鈥482. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649219884087
- Through comparative historical case study and legal storytelling, the author introduces five cases involving Native American plaintiffs into the segregated schooling narrative. Using a blend of TribalCrit and Omi and Winant鈥檚 theories on racial projects and racialization, the author argues that 鈥渢hese cases represent more than racial projects. They are colonizing racial projects that offer very complicated contributions to the historical, legal, and social construction of race鈥 in the U.S.
Masta, S. (2018).听.听Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 49(1), 21鈥35. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12231
- Guided by Tribal Critical Race Theory, this article 鈥渆xplores 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 protect and maintain their identities in their school environment.鈥 This study 鈥渞aises important questions about how mainstream schools can support Native American students, despite serving as sites of colonization.鈥
Mendez, J. P., & Mendez, J. (2013).听.听Journal of American Indian Education, 52(1), 45鈥64. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43608646
- Utilizing Tribal Critical Race Theory as a conceptual framework, this study 鈥渆xamines student perceptions and attitudes toward American Indian students and financial aid, illustrating how perception may exacerbate campus hostility toward American Indians.鈥 Findings show 鈥渟trong negative perceptions towards financial aid policies aimed at increasing American Indian enrollment.鈥
Montoya, M., Cruz, C. Z., & Grant, G. (2008).听.听American Indian Law Review, 33(1), 153鈥199. https://doi.org/10.2307/20455379
- Christine Zuni Cruz, a Pueblo woman from the Rio Grande Pueblos of Oke Owingeh and Isleta in New Mexico, and Margaret Montoya, a mestiza/Chicana from northern New Mexico, use their personal and professional voices as legal scholars to enact the theatrical performance. The performance 鈥渋s a conversation about ancestry, motherhood, personal identity, and race, as well as inter- and intra-racial conflict, co-existence and collaborations.鈥
Rangel, J. P. (2012).听.听Wicazo Sa Review, 27(1), 31鈥46. https://doi.org/10.5749/wicazosareview.27.1.0031
- This essay is a critical ethnography of Native art and representation in a contemporary museum, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Rangel explores 鈥渉ow one museum promotes and encourages the recognition of Indigenous ways of knowing, Indigenous models of representation, Indigenous aesthetics, and the delivery of knowledge pertaining to Native arts and culture. Intrinsic to this discussion is naming dominant cultural perceptions that are outdated, and intervening with decolonizing methodologies and Tribal Critical Race Theory.鈥
Robertson, D. L. (2015).听.听American Indian Quarterly, 39(2), 113鈥153. https://doi.org/10.5250/amerindiquar.39.2.0113
- This work is guided by two questions: 鈥淲hat accounts for the lack of attention by contemporary race theory to anti-Indian rhetoric and overt racism against Indigenous Peoples in the United States? How do Native people negotiate these persistent racist stereotypes and cultural appropriation in their daily lives?鈥 Using an Indigenous epistemology and a qualitative approach, the author 鈥渆xamines the phenomenon of 鈥榣egitimized racism鈥 and its impact through conversations with 45 Indigenous people.鈥
Salis Reyes, N. A. (2019).听.听American Educational Research Journal, 56(3), 603鈥637. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218807180
- Through both Indigenous and phenomenological research methodologies, this research explores how Native college graduates come to value giving back, enact giving back, and make meaning of giving back. Findings from this study 鈥渃ontribute to what is known about how Native college graduates may contribute to the self-determination of their nations and call for a reconceptualization of postsecondary success for Native peoples.鈥
Squires, M. E. (2016).听.听Journal of American Indian Education, 55(2), 4鈥27. https://doi.org/10.5749/jamerindieduc.55.2.0004
- In this case study of a school where one-quarter of the student population is Native American, the author examines 鈥渉ow two White general-education teachers decided to refer students to the special education pre-referral team.鈥 All referred students were Native American. Finding reveal several themes: 鈥(a) the use of antiquated frameworks to make referral decisions, (b) dissonance between participants鈥 perceptions and actions, and (c) complicated understandings of culture鈥檚 influence on referrals.鈥 Participants claimed to see all students the same while believing that Native American and White students learn differently.
Waterman, S. J., & Sands, T. L. (2016).听.听Journal of American Indian Education, 55(2), 51鈥74. https://doi.org/10.5749/jamerindieduc.55.2.0051
- This article 鈥渆xamines the reverse transfer behavior鈥攖ransfer from a four-year institution to a two-year institution鈥攐f Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) college graduates as a forward moving process toward four-year degree completion. Integration (Tinto, 1993), involvement (Astin, 1984), the Family Education Model (HeavyRunner & DeCelles, 2002), and Tribal Critical Race Theory (Brayboy, 2005) help explain this behavior.鈥
Williams, S. V. (2013).听.听Journal of American Indian Education, 52(2), 3鈥20. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43608665
- Through this action research study, 鈥渕ainstream teachers in an off-reservation school district were provided with experiences that moved them towards Mohawk cultural competency. A collaborative group of Mohawk and non-Native educators participated in the research. Findings suggest that 鈥淢ohawk self-determination, including Native students' expressions of sovereignty, were dismissed within the mainstream schooling context, thus creating a barrier to Native students' school achievement.鈥