Indigenous Peoples

The NASPA Indigenous Peoples Knowledge Community (IPKC) Scholarly Journal was created to offer a space for artistic and scholarly expression on lived experiences for Indigenous peoples in higher education. We were inspired by the work of our fellow Gender and Sexuality KC colleagues on their respective Lavender Paper, which we encourage you to check out.

The IPKC Scholarly Journal is intentional in framing all contributions and contributors as “scholars,” whether they see themselves in this way or not. As the academy was not created for or by us, we have to take back this language in an effort to complicate this language in our own terms. We have been made to believe our differing ways of knowing and expressions from the Westernized ways are not scholarly, yet we believe they are as they are our truths that need to be shared for further understanding of and to make our experiences visible.

This journal seeks to highlight research and other artistic written expressions of Indigenous knowledge and information about issues related to the status of Indigenous communities in higher education and student affairs, both inside the borders of the U.S. and beyond. Submissions come in various forms, including (but not limited to): research or opinion articles, poems, storytelling essays and narratives, research briefs, and experimental or artistic pieces of expression. We hope to prompt critical discussion, further research, and highlight scholarship being conducted by students (both undergraduate and graduate-level) and professionals in the field to share our experiences within the academy. Higher education and student affairs professionals should consider these experiences and/or results/findings shared when tailoring programmatic and pedagogical efforts on their respective campuses or organizations.

We are particularly seeking insights from the work of practitioners, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and others that center the experiences of Indigenous communities. We also encourage submissions to offer specific takeaways, recommendations, or strategies to assist individuals and communities navigating unjust systems of oppression that impact Indigenous communities within higher education and student affairs and beyond.

Although contributions are welcome from all who wish to submit, space is limited. Therefore, we reserve the right to hold pieces for publication in future editions. All editorial decisions, including feedback on content and placement in a particular publication, are made by the Core Members of the Indigenous Peoples KC leadership team. While the IPKC Scholarly Journal has been used as a forum for research proposals, summaries, or previews of articles that have been submitted for publication in scholarly journals, the IPKC Scholarly Journal does not qualify as a peer-reviewed journal.

For more information about the submission guidelines, contact the IPKC leadership at ipkc.naspa@gmail.com

Suggested APA Style Citation:

Barbour, C. (2014). The lived experiences of gay and lesbian college athletes. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Gender and Sexuality Knowledge Community White Paper. Spring. 7-10.

The Indigenous Peoples KC Scholarly Journal will be released on the IPKC website and within our newsletter in both the Spring and Fall.

Submission Guidelines:

• It can be a piece that is currently in progress (i.e. literature review, preliminary findings, etc.)

• It can be based on a conference presentation coming up featuring best practices, etc.

• Everyone is eligible to submit! (Membership in NASPA is not a prerequisite)

• Your submission must pertain to Indigenous communities, but can be outside of higher education/student affairs (hot topics across Native America, topics can include challenges to tribal sovereignty like how ICWA is being threatened, McGirt decision affecting Oklahoma tribes or other local, place-based challenges, health and health policy, public policy, K-12, etc.).

• We encourage perspectives from Indigenous peoples sharing from their own perspectives and utilizing their own Indigenous knowledges, methodologies, etc., though everyone is eligible to submit. (Membership in NASPA is not required)

• We ask for APA style. Although the term  APA paper suggests a particular type of submission (i.e. formal, scholarly research), we are looking for a broad range of submission types, including personal essays, art pieces, and more! 

• Papers are allowed up to 7,000 words, not including citations or references. IPKC has the right to waive this guideline upon approval of the leadership team. 

Deadline:

Fall Issue Due by September 1, 2024– please send as Word document to ipkc.naspa@gmail.com. Include a two-sentence bio about the author(s).

This journal aligns with our original IPKC logo and its intentional meanings.