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"I am the guardian Spirit of what you call Negaw wajiw. I have wished frequently to get one of your race to intermarry with us.”

"By prioritizing Indigenous values and practices, these leaders not only support their students and communities but also challenge broader educational systems to reckon with their colonial legacies." Page 137
Kanoe Wilson

"Instead, these apologies were
sought and fought for through consistent advocacy and education by survivors, families, and Indigenous nations." PG 94 Katherine Morton Richards

"We know the importance of generating spaces where our voices are heard and validated, since there are limited sites where Indigenous women, queer, and gender-diverse peoples can come together to support one another in creative, transdisciplinary research work" Pg 73 Iapi debwewin aansaamb

"As the study of urban indigeneity continues to grow, the uncritical connection between urban life and pan-Indianism is an important part of addressing the history of colonialism and the disciplinary marginality of urban indigeneity" Sydney Beckmann pg 65

Their holistic approach goes beyond financial figures and extends to fostering financial well-being, community trust, cultural preservation, and the transition to a more sustainable and relationship-based economic system.

Take a look at Fostering Financial Inclusion by Ensuring Cultural Fit: The Case of the NCDFI Industry by Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl, Peter Grajzl,
Michou Kokodoko, and Laurel Wheeler!

Take a deeper look at the first essay in our newest issue 48:2. Self-Kindness, Mindfulness, and Common Humanity: Effects of Self-Compassion on Well-Being for Indigenous Participants in Self-Compassion–Related Interventions.

Our newest issue is finally live! Check out the American Indian Culture and Research Journal's Volume 48 Issue 2 on our website. Stay tuned for essay and author highlights!

We have 2 days left until out newest issue release! Make sure to check out our website escholarship.org/uc/aicrj

New issue drop in the upcoming weeks! Get ready for these amazing authors and their incredible works.

Get ready for our newest issue drop! Take a look at all these amazing authors and their inspiring essays! Coming soon!

We are still growing every month! Check out our statistics for last month with over 88k views.

YouTube video by AICR Journal How Do We “Indigenize” Academic Publishing?

During this presentation, the AICRJ Editor-in-Chief describes the impetus for their transition to open access. Dr. Shorter covers how a leading journal in the field has attempted to "indigenize" its organization from the solicitation to final publication process.

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For those at NAISA this week, please feel free to speak with our Editor in Chief, David Shorter, about submitting your articles.

Shorter is also speaking on publishing in the field and he is on a council sponsored round table on ethics in the field!

We hope to see you there!

The American Indian Culture and Research Journal is open for new submissions! Submit at our website: escholarship.org/uc/aicrj

Take a look at our sneak peek of our upcoming issue! Check out these amazing authors and their essays.

New issue drop coming soon. Keep an eye out for sneak peaks and author announcements!

Our newest board memeber Clementine Bordeaux, is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) and grew up on Pine Ridge Reservation. Her research interests include Lakota ontology, Indigenous relationality, Indigenous feminisms, Oceti Sakowin practices and community-based research.

The American Indian Culture and Research Journal is open for new submissions. Submit at our website escholarship.org/uc/aicrj

We are open for new submissions! With over 33k downloads this year, AICRJ is a growing influence in the world of digital journals! Contact us on our website escholarship.org/uc/aicrj

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AIcrj is open for submissions. In 2025 we've had over 40k downloads!
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"I also argue that the work of erasure has become naturalized and the rhetoric of crisis in the language sciences has perpetuated linguistic colonialism in well intended documentation interventions." pg 194 48:1 Bernard C. Perley

"Through humor, members of marginalized groups can offer observations of inequity cloaked in satire." 48:1 pg 165

"The ways in which the La Paz topography had become imbued with meaning for the people living within it revealed itself to me on various occasions and across
different modalities." 48:1 pg 139 Karl Swinehart

“These well intentioned revitalization strategies have contradictorily imposed some of the same oppressive hierarchies between written and spoken languages that activists sought to overcome." 48:1 pg 116 @georgiaennis.bsky.social

"Each of the examples in some way engages in the use of digital technologies in language reclamation projects, considering what these mean practically for anthropologists, archivists, and community members as well as the visions of crisis and futurity" Erin Debenport 48:1

Meet the founding members of AICR Journal's newest Poets' Circle: Kenzie Allen, Esther G. Belin, Casandra López and @badndn.bsky.social. Which strives to provide our authors and readers a commitment to care by creating a peer review process when publishing!

"But it is also important here to acknowledge Indigenous storytelling practices as the wellspring of Indigenous perspectives on language, culture, and the vital transmission of these knowledges within communities" Cesar A. Barreras and Paul V. Kroskrity 48:1 p 71