A Narrative Portrait of Critical Indigenous Consciousness within Culturally-Based Education

Shawn Clark

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This manuscript presents a profoundly personal account from a non-Indigenous scholar engaged in community-based participatory action research with Indigenous cultural immersion teachers and their students. Grounded in critical Indigenous research methodologies and conveyed through narrative portraiture, the study explores how educators cultivate critical Indigenous consciousness within Culturally Based Education. Anchored in land-based learning and critical pedagogy, the cultural immersion program reviewed for this study reflects the ideals of honoring educational sovereignty for Indigenous communities. Educator and student testimonies reveal how such practices challenge colonial structures and affirm educational sovereignty. The research confirms that culturally relevant classrooms not only empower Indigenous youth but also lead to measurable academic growth while honoring Indigenous ways of knowing and being. This narrative portrait advances qualitative inquiry by illustrating how funds of knowledge contribute to positioning critical Indigenous consciousness to address an identity paradox.

Keywords: Critical Indigenous consciousness; critical Indigenous research methodologies, critical place inquiry, qualitative, portraiture

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Clark, S. (2025). A Narrative Portrait of Critical Indigenous Consciousness within Culturally-Based Education. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 9(4), 287-309. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/17323

Clark, S. (2025). A Narrative Portrait of Critical Indigenous Consciousness within Culturally-Based Education. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 9(4), pp. 287-309. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/17323

Clark S. A Narrative Portrait of Critical Indigenous Consciousness within Culturally-Based Education. AM J QUALITATIVE RES. 2025;9(4), 287-309. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/17323

Clark, Shawn. "A Narrative Portrait of Critical Indigenous Consciousness within Culturally-Based Education". American Journal of Qualitative Research 2025 9 no. 4 (2025): 287-309. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/17323

Clark, Shawn "A Narrative Portrait of Critical Indigenous Consciousness within Culturally-Based Education". American Journal of Qualitative Research, vol. 9, no. 4, 2025, pp. 287-309. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/17323

Clark S. A Narrative Portrait of Critical Indigenous Consciousness within Culturally-Based Education. AM J QUALITATIVE RES. 2025;9(4):287-309. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/17323