Reconceptualizing Indigeneity Within the Fraternity and Sorority Community

Authors

Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn, University of Washington Tacoma
Natalie Rose Youngbull, University of Oklahoma
James D. Wagnon, University of Oklahoma
Amber Silverhorn-Wolfe, University of Oklahoma

Publication Date

1-28-2023

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25774/ec0a-0d53

First Page

41

Last Page

53

Abstract

The purpose of this article provides fraternity and sorority communities with an understanding of the impact of a Native American sisterhood on the cultivation in how it conceptualized itself, its centering an Indigenous structure, and how it affirms the women who join through building relationality. Through the first research inquiry of a Native American sisterhood, the findings reveal/highlight how the sisterhood has centered Indigeneity in its conception to how it lives today. Fraternity and sorority communities need to shift their culture to honor Indigenous ways of being.

Recommended Citation

Minthorn, Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah; Youngbull, Natalie Rose; Wagnon, James D.; and Silverhorn-Wolfe, Amber (2023) "Reconceptualizing Indigeneity Within the Fraternity and Sorority Community," Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice: Vol. 17: Iss. 3, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25774/ec0a-0d53
Available at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/oracle/vol17/iss3/1