TEK-4: Addressing Crisis and Conflict in Urban Indigenous Education

Abstract

In this thought piece, the authors address the growing and persistent challenges present in urban Indigenous education. Conversations in Urban Educationersations between the researchers and Indigenous community members led to the connections and thought processes of how curriculum could serve as a lever to promote culturally responsive practices for Indigenous students' lived Expressions in Urban Educationeriences while also helping school leaders understand the utility of promoting the funds of knowledge within their community. The authors garnered insight into urban Indigenous communities and present an integrated curriculum model that incorporates Indigenous knowledge systems and that speaks to Indigenous family and community concerns within the context of education with the concomitant goal of making learning more meaningful in urban education settings