Community-Driven Research
Community-Driven Research
(Towards Recognition & University-Tribal Healing) is part of the justice-oriented MN Transform project. It is an Indigenous-led response to the 2020 resolutions written by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council calling on the University of Minnesota to be a better relative to the 11 Tribal Nations. At the heart of this truth-telling project is community-led participatory research designed to give Tribes the opportunity to, in their words, the history of relations between their Nation and the University of Minnesota. As a Research Assistant with TRUTH, I works as a project manager and archival researcher. This project aligns with my broader interest in how colonial policies and ideologies transnationally (re)construct, control, and suppress stories, voices, and knowledges through higher education. My master's thesis generates an international comparison of university policies after formal reconciliation/recognition processes, to develop a best practices toolkit UMN may consider. It is incumbent on Minnesota's flagship institution to own it's entire past, including harms against Indigenous peoples, and to take the opportunities presented by TRUTH to redress the balance of education in this state.
(Towards Recognition & University-Tribal Healing) is part of the justice-oriented MN Transform project. It is an Indigenous-led response to the 2020 resolutions written by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council calling on the University of Minnesota to be a better relative to the 11 Tribal Nations. At the heart of this truth-telling project is community-led participatory research designed to give Tribes the opportunity to, in their words, the history of relations between their Nation and the University of Minnesota. As a Research Assistant with TRUTH, I works as a project manager and archival researcher. This project aligns with my broader interest in how colonial policies and ideologies transnationally (re)construct, control, and suppress stories, voices, and knowledges through higher education. My master's thesis generates an international comparison of university policies after formal reconciliation/recognition processes, to develop a best practices toolkit UMN may consider. It is incumbent on Minnesota's flagship institution to own it's entire past, including harms against Indigenous peoples, and to take the opportunities presented by TRUTH to redress the balance of education in this state.
Publications:
MIAC Better Relatives Memo 2020 (Co-Author)
Elevating Indigenous Voices in Policy
Elevating Indigenous Voices in Policy
#LandBack
#LandBack
With Jacob Bernier. A video project on Dakota land reclamation happening at Zani Othunwe.
Protecting Indigenous Cultural Practices
Protecting Indigenous Cultural Practices
An advocacy campaign in coordination with Maḳoce Ikikcupi to protect traditional Indigenous architectural practices.
An advocacy campaign in coordination with Maḳoce Ikikcupi to protect traditional Indigenous architectural practices.
Food Justice
Food Justice
Feed Your Brain is a student-led organization founded on principles of food sovereignty and justice. We design quantitative and qualitative measures for food insecurity on campus. The tools we develop are administered annually via a survey to 2,100 undergraduates. We then analyze, assess, and interpret data using SPSS, R, and qualitative coding methodologies. This data has resulted in co-authored reports, policy studies, and peer-reviewed articles. This is then used to build partnerships on and off campus to formulate and test community-built solutions, as well as in successful grant writing of more than $20,000 to support more equitable access to food on campus. It is also used to establish a food resource center on campus and to advocate on behalf of the student body, persuading the administration to address issues relating to the access of students' basic needs.
Feed Your Brain is a student-led organization founded on principles of food sovereignty and justice. We design quantitative and qualitative measures for food insecurity on campus. The tools we develop are administered annually via a survey to 2,100 undergraduates. We then analyze, assess, and interpret data using SPSS, R, and qualitative coding methodologies. This data has resulted in co-authored reports, policy studies, and peer-reviewed articles. This is then used to build partnerships on and off campus to formulate and test community-built solutions, as well as in successful grant writing of more than $20,000 to support more equitable access to food on campus. It is also used to establish a food resource center on campus and to advocate on behalf of the student body, persuading the administration to address issues relating to the access of students' basic needs.
Publications:
Campus Food Insecurity: Bringing Private Institutions Into Conversations on Basic Needs (Co-Author)