{"id":6339,"date":"2022-11-14T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ele.local\/?p=6339"},"modified":"2022-11-16T14:54:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T20:54:28","slug":"the-journey-of-an-indigenous-leader-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/es\/blog\/the-journey-of-an-indigenous-leader-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey of an Indigenous Leader in Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2000, I was attending junior college in California.\u00a0 As an underclassman, I didn\u2019t have a lot of choices for classes because by the time I was able to register many classes were already full.\u00a0 So, I decided to take a class called Anthropology.\u00a0 It met the social science requirement for my degree, and it still was open for registration.\u00a0 I had no idea what Anthropology was\u2026 but I thought, what the heck, might as well.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first step in a journey in which I grew to love Anthropology and gain a better understanding and respect for Indigenous peoples, and myself as an Indigenous person.\u00a0 During the class, we made our way around the world learning about Indigenous peoples.\u00a0 Once we got to the North, the film they showed to teach this class of mostly Californians was \u201cNanook of the North.\u201d\u00a0 I was a bit appalled.\u00a0 This was not the best representation of my people.\u00a0 And the class thought it was comical, and not serious.\u00a0 I proceeded to step out of my comfort zone and tell the class that I was from the North, and I had more contemporary and respectful visual aids that could help show who we are as I\u00f1upiaq people.\u00a0 So, I proceeded to teach the class about who I\u00f1upiaq people are.\u00a0 This fueled a passion I have had since\u2014a mission to make sure that Indigenous peoples have a voice and that myths about Indigenous peoples are dispelled.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to completing college, returning home to Barrow, Alaska, and working first under a museum culture grant, and then for I\u1e37isa\u0121vik College, Alaska\u2019s Only Tribal College.\u00a0 I\u1e37isa\u0121vik College is the United States most northern college- offering both a 4-year degree program, a number of Associate degree programs, and workforce development credentialing.\u00a0 I\u1e37isa\u0121vik\u2019s primary focus is to provide education and workforce development training for the North Slope of Alaska.\u00a0 This is a huge land mass, estimated at about 89,000 square miles, which is about the size of Oklahoma.\u00a0 We have 8 communities across this area, with a population around 7,000 people.\u00a0 With our goal, we had to keep digital learning a priority of ours\u2014beginning with teleconference calls and ending with more state of the art 21<sup>st<\/sup> century digital learning models that were accessible over the cloud.\u00a0 Our ability to connect with our North Slope population grew, and by 2020, we had students digitally connecting to our programs from across Alaska, and into the lower 48 states with students as far east as Maine.<\/p>\n<p>I had a great honor learning from our leaders of the institution and giving back to our North Slope community in many ways. In 2012 I became I\u1e37isa\u0121vik\u2019s 4<sup>th<\/sup> President and served in that capacity for 8 years.\u00a0 During that time, we pushed the limit, focusing our activities on our students and their success, solidifying our financial foundation with many years of clean audits, and expanding our educational offerings, ending with the inclusion of a 4-year degree in Business Administration, the first 4-year degree offering in the history of the college.\u00a0 My tenure culminated with an important initiative: Unapologetically I\u00f1upiaq.\u00a0 As a tribal institution, situated on the lands of the I\u00f1upiaq people, we wanted to be strong in our conviction that we were an I\u00f1upiaq focused organization.\u00a0 This was especially impactful because our employee base was primarily not I\u00f1upiaq people, however, a large portion of our students were.\u00a0 By putting forth this initiative, and having buy in from our employees, we created an environment that was more welcoming and accepting of our I\u00f1upiaq students, and other students of color.<\/p>\n<p>During my time as President of I\u1e37isa\u0121vik, I decided that it was important for me to continue my own educational journey.\u00a0 I had completed a master\u2019s degree in Alaska Native and Rural Development, a distance program, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks while I was working for the College, prior to being appointed President.\u00a0 However, I felt that if I was a leader of an institution of higher education, I should be a role model, and walk my talk. It was important to me that I would then be able to truly encourage others to obtain higher education after high school.\u00a0 Therefore, I deduced, I should have a terminal degree.\u00a0 I decided to enroll in the Indigenous Studies Ph.D. Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.\u00a0 This was a distance program as well, continuing on my journey of accessibility to digital learning, but it also allowed for the potential of a semester away program, which intrigued me.<\/p>\n<p>I proceeded to focus my Ph.D. work on Indigenous Leadership and researched the differences between Indigenous and western leadership models.\u00a0 My research highlighted I\u1e37isa\u0121vik College, Tribal Colleges in general, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa (and I spent a semester attending UHM).\u00a0 My dissertation entitled, \u201c<em>TUMITCHIAT<\/em>: <em>I\u00d1UQQAAT AULLARRISIATUN I\u1e36ISA\u0120VIIT: <\/em>A NEW PATHWAY: INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION, was finalized in 2016.\u00a0 It did find stark differences between Indigenous and western models of leadership and proposed that Indigenous leadership had many positive attributes that when implemented, supported student success in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>The journey of an Indigenous person in higher education is not easy.\u00a0 Western education models were not designed with the success of Indigenous people in mind. In fact, education has consistently been used as an assimilation tool against Indigenous peoples.\u00a0 Tenacity, a thirst for knowledge, and a commitment to paving a path for the next generation of Indigenous scholars, leaders, and community catalysts have always been important to me.\u00a0 As big part of that effort is making sure that we as educators meet students where they are\u2014and much of that time means making digital learning accessible to them.\u00a0 Once we achieve these goals of accessibility, the playing field for all Americans will begin to even out- and equity in learning will have long lasting positive change for us all.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5301 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIC-Brower-Square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIC-Brower-Square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIC-Brower-Square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIC-Brower-Square-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UIC-Brower-Square.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Dr. Pearl Brower is the President and CEO of Ukpea\u0121vik I\u00f1upiat Corporation (UIC) and served on the UIC board of directors since June 2021. In her previous role she served as the Senior Advisor for Alaska Native Success, Institutional Diversity and Student Engagement at the University of Alaska. She serves as the Alaska Native representative on the Alaska Postsecondary Access and Completion Network, serves on the Alaska Airlines Community Advisory Board, on the Foraker Group\u2019s Operations Board as Chair, a board member on the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Board of Directors, and serves her village corporation as a Board Member for Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation. In October of 2020, Dr. Brower left the Presidency of I\u1e37isa\u0121vik College, Alaska\u2019s only Tribal College where she had been in administration at the college for 13 years, the last 8 serving as President. Dr. Brower earned a\u00a0B.A. in Anthropology and a B.A. in Alaska Native Studies from University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2004.\u00a0 She earned her Masters in Alaska Native and Rural Development from University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2010 and her Ph.D. in Indigenous Studies, with an emphasis in Indigenous Leadership from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in May 2016. Brower is active around Alaska and beyond working to build and strengthen partnerships and access to digital learning to increase the percentage of Alaskans who complete postsecondary education.\u00a0She was named one of Alaska\u2019s Top 40 Under 40 in 2015, the First Alaskans Institute Young Alaska Native Leader in 2019, and received the 2019 YWCA Women of Achievement award.\u00a0Dr. Brower grew up in both Barrow, Alaska and in northern California practicing a subsistence lifestyle in both areas. She and her husband, Jesse Darling, have two daughters, Isla and Sindri.<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/es\/equity-advisory-board\/\" title=\"Every Learner Equity Advisory Board\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn false\">Dr. Pearl Brower Currently Serves on the Every Learner Everywhere\u00ae Equity Advisory Board<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2000, I was attending junior college in California.\u00a0 As an underclassman, I didn\u2019t have a lot of choices for classes because by the time I was able to register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/es\/blog\/the-journey-of-an-indigenous-leader-in-higher-education\/\" 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