Exploring Place

doi:10.1017/9781108655101.008

Chapter 7 - Exploring Place

Indigenous Students in US Higher Education

from Part I - Encountering Marginalisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 September 2020

John L. Garland ,

Charlotte E. Davidson and

Melvin E. Monette-Barajas

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Jacqueline Bhabha ,

Wenona Giles and

Faraaz Mahomed

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Jacqueline Bhabha: Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Wenona Giles: Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
Faraaz Mahomed: Affiliation:
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

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Indigenous North Americans, particularly those within the historical and current borders of the United States, were (and are) subjected to displacement and marginalisation by pre- and post-colonial government policies and practices. Initially focused on colonial land settlements and Indian removal to land reserves, many of these policies and practices live on through violations of treaties, challenges to sovereignty rights and ongoing existential threats. Today, the starkest visualisation of negative outcomes associated with these policies and practices exists across US systems of public education, especially higher education. Although American Indian college students are finding improved access points to higher education, they remain the least likely of all racial/ethnic groups to experience successful outcomes in secondary and post-secondary settings. Progress in these areas has been too slow and often fraught with tangible and intangible barriers negatively affecting success. This chapter will discuss direct consequences of marginalisation and displacement of Native peoples in the United States; current efforts to improve education outcomes; suggested steps for improving collegiate success for Native students; emerging national higher education initiatives, including those among tribal government education departments; and ethical considerations for collecting, analysing and reporting Native data.

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Indigenous Native American American Indian place US higher education tribal education

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Information: A Better Future
The Role of Higher Education for Displaced and Marginalised People
, pp. 152 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108655101.008 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2020

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