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What is American Indian

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Socioeconomics, Diversity, and the Politics of Online Education
A person who is a member of any of the indigenous peoples living in the western hemisphere other than people that are designated as Inuits or Eskimos.
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Native American Cultural Identity Exploration in Their Postsecondary Education: A Narrative Inquiry
Susan Shepherd Ferebee (Purdue University Global, USA) and Andrew C. Lawlor (University of Phoenix, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3583-7.ch009
Abstract
Thirteen percent of American Indians/Alaskan Natives have achieved a bachelors' degree or higher compared to 28% of the overall United States population. Improving Native American educational attainment is critical as a pathway to economic prosperity and social equality. The problem is that educational leaders do not know what American Indians/Alaskan Natives consider a successful educational experience as aligned with their cultural identity. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry was to examine the post-secondary experiences of American Indians/Alaskan Natives through their online stories via social media. Results showed the American Indians/Alaskan Natives' culture dominated their educational experience, and they were unlikely to widen their social identity. Moving from a mono-cultural view to one that includes a Eurocentric college culture could be contributory and fruitful. Online education might allow these Native American students to remain in their culture and still experience the Eurocentric college culture.
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Chapter 9
A Critical Review of the Native American Tradition of Circle Practices
A term commonly used to describe indigenous people who derive from the region which was inhabited before the United States of America (U.S.).
Published in Chapter: A Critical Review of the Native American Tradition of Circle Practices; From: Indigenous Research of Land, Self, and Spirit
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Promoting Academic and Life Success for Indigenous Students in the United States
The Indigenous people whose ancestors lived in the United States before it was colonized by Europeans.
Published in Chapter: Promoting Academic and Life Success for Indigenous Students in the United States; From: Handbook of Research on Opening Pathways for Marginalized Individuals in Higher Education
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