Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy

Introduction
Section I: East-Thinking
An Indigenous boy occupying the academy and the intergenerational (motherly) teachings that led him there
Christine A. Nelson (K'awaika/Diné)
"She had no use for fools": Stories of Dibé Łizhiní mothers
Tiffany S. Lee (Diné/Lakota)
Nine Months of Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy: A Rainbow Journey From the Islands to Na'Neelzhíín
Leola Tsinnijinnie-Paquin (Diné)
M(othering) and the Academy
Susan Faircloth (Coharie Tribe of North Carolina)
My Children Are My Teachers:  Lessons Learned as a Kanaka Maoli Mother-Scholar
Nicole Reyes (Native Hawaiian)
Dreams of Hózhó Within the Womb: A Navajo Mother's Letter to Her Newest Love
Nizhoni Chow-Garcia (Diné)
Section II: South-Planning
Hollo Micha Oh Chash:  Drawing from our Choctaw ancestors' wisdom to decolonize motherhood within the academy
Michelle Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw), Alayah Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw, Quapaw, Sac & Fox, Miami Nations), & Ahnili Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw, Quapaw, Sac & Fox, Miami Nations)
Mvskoke Eckvlke (Muscogee Motherhood) in Academic Spaces
Dwanna L. McKay (Mvskoke)
The (Time) Line in the Sand
Miranda Belarde-Lewis (Tlingit/Zuni)
Protection and the Power of Reproduction
Shelly Lowe (Diné)
A Glint of Decolonial Love: An Academic Mother's Meditation on Navigating and Leveraging the University
Tria Blu Wakpa (Powhatan Descent)
Honoring our Relations (Collective Stories)
Section III: West-Living
Widening the Path: Reflection of Two Generations in Academia
Symphony Oxendine (Cherokee/Choctaw) & Denise Henning (Cherokee/Choctaw)
Mothers and Daughters are Forever
Renée Holt (Diné and Nimiipuu)
A Journey of Indigenous Motherhood Through the Love, Loss and the P&T Process
Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn (Kiowa/Apache/Umatilla/Nez Perce/Assiniboine)
Indigenous Motherhood in STEM
Otakuye Conroy Ben (Oglala Lakota)
Kuhkwany Kuchemayo 'Aaknach, An Iipay Mother's/Teacher's Story
Theresa Gregor (Iipay/Yoeme)
Impact of a Pandemic on Indigenous Motherhood
Section IV: North-Assuring
Our Journey Through Healing
Sloan Woska-pi-mi Shotton (Otoe-Missouria/Iowa/Wichita/Kiowa/Cheyenne) & Heather J. Shotton (Wichita/Kiowa/Cheyenne)
Motherhood, Re-Imagined
Pearl Brower (Iñupiaq/Armenian/Chippewa)
Weaving Fine Baskets of Resilience:Resilient Mothering in the Academy as Kanaka Nation Building
Erin Kahunawaikaʻala Wright (Native Hawaiian)
Hā'ena-i-ku'u-poli: A Letter to My Daughter
Kaiwipuni Lipe (Native Hawaiian)
A Hidden Cartography: Matrilinealizing the Terrain of Academe
Charlotte Davidson (Diné)
Berries and Her Many Lectures: The Work of Storywork
Stephanie Waterman (Onondaga/Turtle Clan)
Tying The Bundle
Notes on Contributors