Abstract:

The academy’s ignorance about and resultant bias against Indigenous Americans, their histories, cultures, legal status, and present circumstances have consequences impacting people ranging from American Supreme Court Justices to soccer players. Too often these consequences create disastrous results for First Nations people as well as for the greater society. To address this nescience, university personnel should include Indigenous American studies in their curricula; English professors should teach works by First Nations and American Indian people; and humanities departments should offer Native art and music courses on a permanent basis. Universities should actively recruit, hire, and properly mentor Native students and faculty members. Faculty should engage themselves with student follow-ups and job placements. Professors, editors, and critics should read Native papers and publications from Indigenous perspectives, not Western ones. Students and tribes can also do their part to end academic racism: Indigenous scholars by organizing themselves into associations promoting information exchange and support, and tribal leaders by conscientiously buttressing their members’ progress through financial and political assistance.

摘要：

该学院对土著美国人，他们的历史，文化，法律地位和现状的无知和由此产生的偏见，对从美国最高法院大法官到足球运动员等人们产生了影响。这些后果常常给原住民和整个社会带来灾难性的后果。为了解决这个问题，大学人员应将美国原住民研究纳入其课程；英语教授应教授原住民和美洲印第安人的著作；人文部门应永久提供土著艺术和音乐课程。大学应积极招募，雇用和适当地指导土著学生和教职员工。教师应参与学生的跟进和工作安排。教授，编辑，评论家应该从土著人的角度而不是西方人的角度阅读土著人的论文和出版物。学生和部落也可以尽自己的一份力量来结束学术种族主义：通过组织自己的社团来促进信息交流和支持，土著学者，以及通过经济和政治援助自觉支持成员的进步的部落首领。