2025/10/27 by Veneice Guillory-Lacy, Kerri J. Malloy, Jodie Warren +2 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights #Higher Education Research Studies #Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education
paper · doi:10.1080/09518398.2025.2574965
openalex publication_date 2025/10/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Utilizing Brayboy’s Tribal Critical Race Theory and Vizenor’s theory of Survivance, the researchers, who are members of the Native and Indigenous faculty and staff affinity group, partnered with the Native American Student Organization to conduct this collaborative study investigating Native American and Indigenous student experiences at a Hispanic-serving institution. The researchers present the findings from three focus group discussions with eleven undergraduate Native American and Indigenous students from ten tribal nations: seven nations in the United States, two in Central America, and one in South America. Using thematic analysis, the research team agreed upon six themes: Lack of belonging and Native community; Racism and microaggressions; Erasure and marginalization of Indigeneity; Broken promises; Forms of Survivance; and What NAI students want from the university. This is one of the few studies to focus on Native American and Indigenous student experiences at a Hispanic-serving institution.