Indigenous Thinkers

Our website name has changed, evolved as our Graduate experiences at the University of Arizona challenged us in creating a forum. From those earlier struggles and collaborations, we started the Indigenous Thinkers Club supporting indigenous knowledge building in academia. Once this website was called the American Indian Researchers or AIR site, but the People we represent have been here for centuries before the arrival of the Europeans, and their system of colonization which used religion as a tool for dominion.
John Trudell talks about how our indigenous knowledge stems from ancient knowledge built before the colonization of the Americas’, therefore if we call ourselves, American Indian or Native American, we substantiate that our knowledge and existence began with the naming of the Americas’.
John also reminds us that, "All People were once tribal," and that our indigenous heritages worked with the earth and our relationships in all domains of our life; spiritual, emotional, physical, intellectual. With that thought in mind, this site is focused on bringing forth our ancient knowledge and assisting academia in their focus of knowledge in service of the people.

This website will house a repository of research papers, working drafts, thoughts, stories and ideas by Indigenous Thinkers across the globe and provides a space to discuss that research and explore the writing process. Here you can find similar Indigenous Thinkers, upload your writings, thoughts, documents or research for peer review. It is also a place to connect and work on collaborations. This site is a virtual space or "sense of place" where we can co-create and share our Indigenous Literature. You can comment on postings anonymously. If you are not respectful of the authors and the community, you are warned of posting offensive material. The key is dialog, not agreement--but open discourse.

The IT site is a place for Indigenous Thinkers and scholars to share their work in progress, academic experiences, maintain connections to peers and colleagues. Create your own blog, stories and get reviews of papers in progress.

Please be patient as we work on this site. Email us with with problems or suggestions. An extension of this site is our sister webboard at the university of arizona, visit us at: The Education of Native Peoples

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