For a Sustainable Future: Indigenous Transborder Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Quijada, Adrian; Cassadore, Edison; Perry, Gaye Bumsted; Geronimo, Ronald; Lund, Kimberley; Miguel, Phillip; Montes-Helu, Mario; Newberry, Teresa; Robertson, Paul; Thornbrugh, Casey
Titel	For a Sustainable Future: Indigenous Transborder Higher Education
Quelle	In: Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 26 (2015) 3, S.33-35 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-5505
Schlagwörter	American Indians; Indigenous Populations; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Sustainability; Indigenous Knowledge; Culturally Relevant Education; Tribes; American Indian History; Public Policy; Religion; Tribally Controlled Education; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? American Indian; Indianer; Sinti und Roma; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Nachhaltigkeit; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Öffentliche Ordnung; Mexiko
Abstract	The U.S.-Mexico border region of the Sonoran Desert is home to 30 Native nations in the United States, and about 15 Indigenous communities in Mexico. Imposed on Indigenous peoples' ancestral lands, the border is an artificial line created in 1848, following the war between the U.S. and Mexico. Tohono O'odham Community College (TOCC) seeks to engage and understand the effects of this border by focusing on how the Tohono O'odham Nation has approached cultural and environmental issues within the context of their spiritual relationship with the land that predates the existence of both the U.S. and Mexico. For the Tohono O'odham to exercise sovereignty as a Native nation and to tackle cultural and environmental concerns in the Borderlands, it is necessary to develop a sustainable strategy in higher education that will provide a local-to-international scope of knowledge for future generations. TOCC is therefore seeking to establish a Borderlands studies program to address these concerns and to provide an Indigenous transborder higher education for the people of the region. A Borderlands studies program at TOCC would solidly ground students in traditional knowledge that is infused with science, the arts, and the humanities. Graduates from the program will be able to address the impacts of social, cultural, environmental, and political issues and concerns associated with the constant fluctuations of people and cultures within the Borderlands. They will gain a foundational understanding of tribal history, culture, international law, and the U.S. and Mexico's respective Indian policies. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. P.O. Box 720, Mancos, CO 81328. Tel: 888-899-6693; Fax: 970-533-9145; Web site: http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01