The Indigenizing Leadership series is a personal development experience aimed at raising the participants’ consciousness around issues of tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and cultivating community. This six-week program will cover topics that provide a deep, practical understanding of working with Native and Indigenous communities.
Registration for this series is closed.
Sessions
Welcome and Framing Lunch/Dinner
Facilitators: Samantha Eldridge, Daniel K. Cairo
How do we dismantle and reorient the structures and systems that are deeply rooted in colonization? What is tribal sovereignty?
Braiding Our Identities to Build Community
Facilitators: Tashina Barber
Engage in the Personal Identity Wheel to identify and reflect on intersecting identities and shared lived experiences from an Indigenous lens.
Pow Wow: elevating Indigenous Youth
Assignment: Journal/Reflection
The University of Utah Pow Wow is an opportunity to honor the practices of tribal communities. How do we honor, value, and leverage community wisdom for meaningful change?
Working with Native Communities
Facilitators: TBD
Deepen your learning about the historical context and contemporary challenges facing Indigenous peoples in the United States.
Indigenous Presence, Weponry, and (Un)Belonging
Facilitators: Samantha Eldridge, Tashina Barber
Explore the relationship between colonialism and the ongoing erasure of Indigenous presence in college settings.
Closing Social/Ceremony
Facilitators: Samantha Eldridge, Daniel K. Cairo
