Indigenizing the Academy: Transforming Scholars. Mihesuah, Wilson<|

Indigenizing the AcademyTransforming Scholarship and Empowering Communities\nAuthor(s): Devon A. Mihesuah, Angela Cavender Wilson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: Bison Books\nISBN-13: 9780803282926, 978-0803282926\nSynopsis\nContinuing the thought-provoking dialogue launched in the acclaimed anthology Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians, leading Native scholars from diverse disciplines and communities offer uncompromising assessments of current scholarship on and by Indigenous peoples and the opportunities awaiting them in the Ivory Tower. The issues covered are vital and extensive, including how activism shapes the careers of Native academics; the response of academe and Native scholars to current issues and needs in Indian Country; and the problems of racism, territoriality, and ethnic fraud in academic hiring. The contributors offer innovative approaches to incorporating Indigenous values and pe.