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- Title
Transformational Resistance and Social Justice: American Indians in Ivy League Universities.
- Authors
Brayboy, Bryan McKinley Jones
- Abstract
In this article, I focus on the experiences of two Ivy League graduates to examine the notion of transformational resistance. Combining data from a two-year ethnographic study with follow-up interviews over a decade, I analyze how students acquired skill and credentials that enabled them to serve their tribal communities. Strategies of resistance through education are used to achieve autonomy and self-determination and are important for American Indians because of their unique political and legal status. I also argue that those individuals who engage in transformational resistance often incur serious personal costs while the community benefits from their actions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NATIVE Americans; INDIGENOUS peoples of the Americas; EDUCATION of the indigenous peoples of the Americas; EDUCATION; ANTHROPOLOGY
- Publication
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2005, Vol 36, Issue 3, p193
- ISSN
0161-7761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1525/aeq.2005.36.3.193