Home Cultural Studies Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy
book: Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy
Book
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy

  • Edited by: Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn , Christine A. Nelson and Heather J. Shotton
  • With contributions by: Christine A. Nelson , Tiffany S. Lee , Leola Tsinnajinnie-Paquin , Susan Faircloth , Nicole Reyes , Nizhoni Chow-Garcia , Michelle Johnson-Jennings , Alayah Johnson-Jennings , Ahnili Johnson-Jennings , Dwanna L. McKay , Miranda Belarde-Lewis , Shelly Lowe , Tria Blu Wakpa , Symphony Oxendine , Denise Henning , Renée Holt , Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn , Otakuye Conroy-Ben , Theresa Gregor , Sloan Woska-pi-mi Shotton , Heather J. Shotton , Pearl Brower , Erin Kahunawaika?ala Wright , Kaiwipuni Lipe , Charlotte Davidson and Stephanie Waterman
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2022
View more publications by Rutgers University Press

About this book

Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy highlights the experiences and narratives emerging from Indigenous mothers in the academy who are negotiating their roles in multiple contexts. The essays in this volume contribute to the broader higher education literature and the literature on Indigenous representation in the academy, filling a longtime gap that has excluded Indigenous women scholar voices. This book covers diverse topics such as the journey to motherhood, lessons through motherhood, acknowledging ancestors and grandparents in one’s mothering, how historical trauma and violence plague the past, and balancing mothering through the healing process. More specific to Indigenous motherhood in the academy is how culture and place impacts mothering (specifically, if Indigenous mothers are not in their traditional homelands as they raise their children), how academia impacts mothering, how mothering impacts scholarship, and how to negotiate loss and other complexities between motherhood and one’s role in the academy.

Author / Editor information

ROBIN ZAPE-TAH-HOL-AH MINTHORN is an associate professor of educational leadership, director of the EdD program, and Director of Indigenous education initiatives at the University of Washington, Tacoma. She is a citizen of the Kiowa tribe and descendent of Apache, Umatilla, Nez Perce and Assiniboine tribes. She is the coeditor of Indigenous Leadership in Higher Education and Reclaiming Indigenous Research in Higher Education (Rutgers University Press).


HEATHER J. SHOTTON is an associate professor and the department chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. She is also the director of Indigenous Education Initiatives. She is an enrolled citizen of the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes. Shotton is coeditor of Beyond the Asterisk: Understanding Native Students in Higher Education, Beyond College Access: Indigenizing Programs for Student Success, and Reclaiming Indigenous Research in Higher Education (Rutgers University Press).

CHRISTINE A. NELSON is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Denver in Colorado. She is of the Diné and Laguna Pueblo tribes of the southwest.

Reviews

“This book on Indigenous Motherhood eloquently weaves together the beauty, strength, and resilience of those who transform academic spaces for the benefit of Indigenous students, families, and communities. This is the book I yearned for as a graduate student and Indigenous mother-scholar.”
— Jennifer Brant, University of Toronto, co-editor of 'Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada'

"Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy is a brilliantly felt and witnessed act of collective Indigenous scholarship from a fiercely honest new generation of teachers and intellectual leaders who affirm their whole selves as the heart of nurturing present and future Indigenous generations."
— Dian Million, (Tanana), author of Therapeutic Nations: Healing in an Age of Indigenous Human Rights


"A much need contribution to Indigenous scholarship, Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy weaves together rich, powerful stories of Indigenous women who have navigated through the colonized, patriarchal spaces of academia while centering their Indigenous motherhood at the core of their journeys. A very inspirational and critical read for those seeking to understand the experiences of Indigenous women in academia."
— Susana Geliga, PhD, Lakota/Taino, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Naive American Studies Program, Un

“This book on Indigenous Motherhood eloquently weaves together the beauty, strength, and resilience of those who transform academic spaces for the benefit of Indigenous students, families, and communities. This is the book I yearned for as a graduate student and Indigenous mother-scholar.”
— Jennifer Brant, University of Toronto, co-editor of 'Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murder

"Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy is a brilliantly felt and witnessed act of collective Indigenous scholarship from a fiercely honest new generation of teachers and intellectual leaders who affirm their whole selves as the heart of nurturing present and future Indigenous generations."
— Dian Million, (Tanana), author of Therapeutic Nations: Healing in an Age of Indigenous Human Rights


Publicly Available Download PDF
i

Publicly Available Download PDF
vii

Christine A. Nelson, Robin Zape-tah- hol- ah Minthorn and Heather J. Shotton
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
1
PART I East–Thinking

Christine A. Nelson
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
19

Tiffany S. Lee
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
29

Leola Tsinnajinnie-Paquin
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
37

Susan C. Faircloth
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
47

Nicole Alia Salis Reyes
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
49

Nizhoni Chow-Garcia
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
62
PART II South–Planning

Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Alayah Johnson-Jennings and Ahnili Johnson-Jennings
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
73

Dwanna L. McKay
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
83

Miranda Belarde-Lewis
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
92

Shelly Lowe
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
104

Tria Blu Wakpa
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
111

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
125
PART III West–Living

Symphony Oxendine and Denise Henning
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
137

Renée Holt
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
143

Robin Zape-tah- hol- ah Minthorn
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
151

Otakuye Conroy-Ben
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
162

Theresa Gregor
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
169

Robin Zape-tah- hol- ah Minthorn, Heather J. Shotton and Christine A. Nelson
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
177
PART IV North–Assuring

Sloan Woska-pi- mi Shotton and Heather J. Shotton
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
201

Pearl Brower
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
217

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
220

Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
231

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
238

Stephanie J. Waterman
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
247

Heather J. Shotton, Christine A. Nelson and Robin Zape-tah- hol- ah Minthorn
Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
257

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
263

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
265

Requires Authentication Unlicensed

Licensed
Download PDF
271

Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
August 19, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9781978816411
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
292
Other:
8 b&w images
Downloaded on 22.9.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.36019/9781978816411/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button