Indigenizing Digital Literacies through the Native American Code Writers Program

Drs. Jeremy Garcia, Blaine Smith, and Valerie Shirley received an award of $76,723 from the Agnese Nelms Haury Program. This partnership with the College of Education’s Indigenous Teacher Education Project (ITEP) and the Digital Innovation and Learning Lab (DIALL) will enable the establishment of relationships with local Native nations and tribal schools, with the goal of co-constructing a digital literacies and Native American Code Writers Program that strives to include Indigenous knowledge, languages, and values of the communities. This innovative program will infuse the culturally relevant approach that Indigenous youth and teachers need to be empowered and prepared leaders, and further enhance the work of Indigenizing Education that emphasizes transformative action through local knowledge, local partners, and local ownership of education action and advocacy.