Transforming Teaching and Learning about American Indians: 5 Stephanie Fryberg

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Transforming Teaching and Learning about American Indians: 5 Stephanie Fryberg

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Contemporary teaching about American Indians frequently present just a tiny glimpse into the rich and diverse cultures, histories, and contemporary lives of Native peoples. Transforming Teaching and Learning about American Indians is a symposium that explores the need to transform education about Native Americans that seek to address this deficiency and others. In this segment, Stephanie Fryberg, University of Washington, speaks on "Reclaiming Native Truths: How the Psychology of Omission Fuels a Cycle of Bias against Native Americans." Stephanie A. Fryberg, a member of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington State, is the William and Ruth Gerberding University Professor of Psychology and American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and her B.A. from Kenyon College. As a social and cultural psychologist, Dr. Fryberg’s research explores the ways in which the social world systematically influences how people understand themselves and their actions, and ultimately how they shape important life outcomes such as educational attainment and health. Her current research program is two-fold: First, for the past three years, she has worked with teachers and administrators across 6 school districts to scale up a model for building culturally inclusive, motivating classroom and school environments that enhance identity safety—the belief that all students belong and can be successful—for students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Second, as part of the Reclaiming Native Truth project, her research examines how the current narratives about Native people in the U.S. reify and maintain systems of inequality (i.e., policies and practices) that undermine the social, psychological, and financial well-being of tribal people and tribal communities. Dr. Fryberg has received numerous awards and her research is published in leading academic journals. In 2011, she was inducted into the Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame at Stanford University. The symposium was webcast and recorded in the National Museum of the American Indian Rasmuson Theater on November 1, 2018.

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39 min 37 sec

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Native American Indian Museum Smithsonian "Indigenous Peoples" "Smithsonian Institution" "Smithsonian NMAI" "National Museum of the American Indian"

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National Museum of the American Indian

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National Museum of the American Indian

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Native Americans;American Indians

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