Toward Indigenous Resurgence: Building Solidarities in Higher Education Through Relationality

Abstract

We examine the meaning and salience of social justice and solidarity building in higher education for Indigenous peoples through the lens of Indigenous resurgence. Indigenous resurgence centers Indigenous worldviews to guide our understanding and behavior while also prioritizing relationality to determine where and how to build solidarities with others. Our piece utilizes the work of the Indigenous People’s Knowledge Community in the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators to provide a formative example of building relationality in higher education spaces.