Indigenous Language Education in Critical Times Voices of Community Reclamation in the Americas

Julieta Briseño-Roa is Professor-Researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico. She considers it fundamental to contribute to land-based education as a form of cultural reclamation, defense of the territory and action against the climate catastrophe.

Paulina Griñó is Professor in the Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile. She is part of educational initiatives which reconnect community knowledge with school curricula.

Dr. Vanessa Anthony Steven  (White/Settler) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at the University of Idaho. She is married to Dr. Philip Stevens, and mother to two daughters, Carmen and Hazel Stevens. Vanessa’s research highlights the gifts of Indigenous community centered education and the tenacity of critical participatory research to advance local educational equity. She is most interested in participating in settler-scholar response-ability to change in colonial institutions such as schools and universities, and delights in bending anthropological tools to build anti-oppressive learning communities. Vanessa’s work has been featured in the Journal of Teacher Education, Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, the Journal of American Indian Education, and Anthropology & Education Quarterly. Her partnerships have been funded by various entities, including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Spencer Foundation.

José Antonio Flores Farfán is Professor in the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico. Over several decades he has worked with Indigenous communities to produce materials which vindicate the use of minoritized languages.