Unsettling - settler colonialism, Interview with Dr. Pewewerdy #Education #Learning

 

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Dr. Pewewardy (Comanche/Kiowa) is Professor of Practice in the School of Education at K-State University, Professor Emeritus in Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University, and Vice-Chair of the Comanche Nation. He has a profound belief in the power of Indigenous education and in the power of higher education and has dedicated his life's work to bringing those two forces together to improve both. Pewewardy retired in 2017 from Portland State University, where he served as director of the Indigenous Nations Studies Program. Prior to joining Portland State, Dr. Pewewardy taught at Kansas University, and was a five-time recipient of the Big-12 outstanding American Indian Faculty of the Year Award; served as the first academic dean of Comanche Nation College, and founded two transformational, award-winning magnet schools in St. Paul, Minnesota. Presenting the Transformational Indigenous Praxis Model (TPIM) for almost three decades at professional conferences across the U.S., Dr. Pewewardy has applied his theoretical model to the work of educational practice, primarily using case studies with Indigenous learners, systems and structures in efforts to nuture Indigenous epistemologies and ontologies for creating educational space for Indigenous self-determination. Co-editor of the recent book (2022) with Teachers College Press, "Unsettling Settler-Colonial Education" provides a sweeping portrait of case studies and emerging praxis toward decolonization structures in education. Pewewardy remains locally engaged by generating a critical pedagogy of Indigenous community based on Indigenous knowledge. He discusses strategies for community to inform, heal, uplift, and raise consciousness. Dr. Pewewardy continues to serve his career through professional associations including the City of Lawton Race Relations Commission, Founder of the Comanche Academy Charter School; Founder of Indigenous Peoples' Day Lawton, OK; First Americans Museum Knowledge Keepers (OKC); Founding Board member of the National Association for Multicultural Education; and the American Indian Studies Advisory Board. Dr. Pewewardy is on the editorial boards of Tribal College and University Research Journal; Wicazo Sa' Review; Journal of Native American Studies, Multicultural Perspectives, and Multicultural Magazine.