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Creating a Culturally Relevant Environment for Native Students
American Indian Student Development Conference to be Held Nov. 19-20 Native American students, support staff and faculty in higher education continually face an uphill road when trying to create an environment that is culturally relevant and academically meaningful in the post-secondary environment. The University of Idaho's Native American Student Center will host the American Indian Student Development Conference Nov. 19-20. Entitled "Balancing 'New' Knowledge with Cultural Wisdom," the conference will encourage dialogue about current and future methods of Native American student support structures across the country, and address new culturally relevant strategies and models for support for Native American students.
"Historically, institutions of higher education have played critical roles in the creation of mistrust with Native American communities through forced assimilation and cultural genocide," said Steven Martin, director of the university's Native American Student Center. "We encourage those involved in higher education to learn more about the cultural support necessary for Native American students to be successful, and how to help those students balance between this 'new' wisdom with their cultural knowledge."
The conference will facilitate the exchange of ideas about the current and future methods of Native American student support structures. Anyone interested in higher education, cultural learning or in gaining a better understanding of Native American students are welcome.
The conference will begin at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, with an opening prayer and continental breakfast. Cornel Pewewardy, associate professor for Native American Studies at Portland State University in Oregon, will give the keynote address. Wednesday breakout sessions will focus on "What Matters to Native Students," "Solutions in Native Student Retention" and "Skill Building for Emerging and Current Native Professionals in Student Affairs." The day's activities will culminate with a dinner at 6 p.m. with University of Idaho President Steven Daley-Laursen.
The conference will continue on Thursday, Nov. 20, with breakout sessions focused on "Building and Supporting Native American Student Affairs." Panel discussions by Native American students and institutions of higher education that support Native American education initiatives will provide an in-depth look at current issues. Michael Pavel, associate professor for higher education at Washington State University will provide the closing remarks.
The two-day conference requires advance registration by Friday, Nov. 7; cost for non-students is $50. Registration is available online at www.students.uidaho.edu/Camp/AmericanIndianStuden tConferenceRegistration.
For a complete agenda for the conference, contact Arthur Taylor, the university's Native American Tribal Liaison, at ataylor@uidaho.edu. The conference will take place the Student Union Building, at 709 Deakin Ave. in Moscow. 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
Ike
on Oct 19, 2008 at 01:28 AM
Back in the day before I was born, the LDS church had the "Indian Placement Program" to help break the cycle of poverty in the Indian culture. The program was a largely a failure because of this mistrust of which you speak, though the church had the right idea. Unfortunately the perception was exactly what you talk about, in that the tribes often saw the church trying to commit "cultural genocide", but I certainly don't think that was the case at all. Fort Hall is one of our better reservations, but I've visited (and lived on) several reservations in the Midwest where the quality of life there is on par with some third world countries that I've been to.Trying to build an interracial understanding is absolutely fundamental. History is full of stories that would make us all distrustful of each other, and that needs to be overcome. After my experiences with the reservations, I was once convinced that the government needed to abolish the reservations, for the good of the Indian people themselves. As I've matured some, I feel that this is probably the wrong approach in trying to establish a relationship of trust, while forums that you talk about here with the university is a much better, more proactive, idea. posted by
mbogo
on Oct 21, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Gee, Ike. You make me feel old. I actually remember the indian placement program. I didn't realize it was largely a failure.I did know alot of kids from the Preston area who were decendants of the indian chilren the LDS people took into their homes and raised as their own after the Bear River Massacre, the largest indian massacre in the history of the United States, if I rememeber correctly. 224 indians were killed. Bishop Thomas of Preston sent out a party of people to look for survivors and look after the children they found. This particular group of indians were made up of both Bannocks and Shoshoni. Bear Hunter, their leader was Shoshoni. I really liked those kids. Some of us even attended the same junior college and university after our missions. I realize that most of the people I knew were decendants of both indian and white people by the time our generation came along, but some of them were still pretty much Shoshoni or Bannock and eventually married members of their tribe. All of them though, were very proud of their heritage. I have often thought that abolishing the reservations would be the best thing for the good of the indian people also. Now, I'm not sure that is the right answer. I think it is important that the indian people retain their pride in their heritage and pass that on down to their children and grandchildren. The reservations are a good place to foster that pride.
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