Living Indigenous Leadership: Native Narratives on Building Strong Communities

by Carolyn Kenny (editor), Tina Ngaroimata Fraser (Editor)

Indigenous scholars strive to produce research to improve Native communities in meaningful ways. They also recognize that long-lasting change depends on effective leadership.Living Indigenous Leadership showcases innovative research and leadership practices from diverse nations and tribes in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand. The contributors use storytelling to highlight the distinctive nature of Indigenous leadership. Native leaders, whether formal or informal, ground their work in embodied concepts such as land, story, ancestors, and Elders, and their leadership style finds its most powerful expression in collaboration, in the teaching and example of Eders, and in community projects to promote higher education, language revitalization, health care, and the preservation of Indigenous arts.This inspiring collection not only adds indigenous methods to studies on leadership, it also gives a voice to the wives, mothers, and grandmothers who are using their knowledge to mend hearts and minds and to build strong communities.

Genres: Nonfiction, Leadership

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 5, 2012

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will read this over and over and over again.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interconnectedness, community, relationships, clear intentions- strength comes up from the collective, not down from the top.

[Shawn Bird · Rating 4 out of 5]

Female aboriginal scholars discuss considerations of leadership. Readable and accessible.