Living Indigenous Leadership

Carolyn Kenny is a professor of human development and Indigenous studies at Antioch University. Tina Ngaroimata Fraser, a Maori scholar, is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Northern British Columbia where she also teaches in the School of Nursing and in the First Nations Studies program.

• Foreword / Verna J. KirknessPreface / Carolyn Kenny and Tina Ngaroimata Fraser1 Liberating Leadership Theory / Carolyn KennyPart 1: Leadership, Native Style2 Learning to Lead Kokum Style: An Intergenerational Study of Eight First Nation Women / Yvonne G. McLeod3 Elders' Teachings on Leadership: Leadership as Gift / Alannah Young Leon4 Parental Involvement in First Nations Communities: Towards a Paradigm Shift / Evelyn Steinhauer5 Skilay: Portrait of a Haida Artist and Leader / Carolyn Kenny (Nangx'aadasa'iid)Part 2: Collaboration Is the Key6 Indigenous Grandmas and the Social Justice Movement / Raquel D. Gutiérrez7 Legacy of Leadership: From Grandmother's Stories to Kapa Haka / Tina Ngaroimata Fraser8 The Four R's of Leadership in Indigenous Language Revitalization / Stelómethet Ethel B. Gardner9 Transformation and Indigenous Interconnections: Indigeneity, Leadership, and Higher Education / Michelle Pidgeon10 Translating and Living Native Values in Current Business, Global, and Indigenous Contexts / Gail Cheney11 Approaching Leadership through Culture, Story, and Relationships / Michelle ArchuletaPart 3: Healing and Perseverance12 "We Want a Lifelong Commitment, Not Just Sweet Words": Native Visions for Educational Healing / Michelle M. Jacob13 And So I Turn to Rita: Mi'kmaq Women, Community Action, Leadership, and Resilience / Patricia Doyle-Bedwell14The Graceful War Dance: Engendering American Indian Traditional Knowledge and Practice in Leadership / Annette Squetimkin-Anquoe15 Leaders Walking Backwards: Aboriginal Male Ex-Gang Members' Perspectives and Experiences / Alanaise GoodwillContributorsIndex

The research in this publication encourages us to rethink leadership, to give thought to the original philosophies and practices of our people, and to give voice to these invisible leaders. - From the Foreword by Verna Kirkness, Fisher River Cree Nation, Professor Emerita, University of British Columbia A unique contribution to the field of American Indian leadership that brings together diverse voices and perspectives, this book is not only beneficial to scholars but, importantly, it provides useful ways for non-academics to think about leadership in their own communities. - Michael D. Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee