Re-centering Indigenous Concepts of Educational Success to Promote Systemic Change (Spencer Foundation Vision Grant)

Status: Current

Grant Start: 04/01/2023

Grant End: 10/01/2023

A collaborative group in the Bering Strait region is coming together to create a vision for education systems change for children that centers Indigenous measures of success. This study builds off of Indigenous knowledge and ways of being that promotes child and collective wellbeing. 

Funding Sponsors

  • Private - Spencer Foundation

Communities Involved

  • Tribal communities

Study Locations

  • Alaska

Study Type

  • Community based participatory research

Principal Investigator(s)

Heath Research Initiatives

  • American Indian and Alaska Native

Focus Areas

  • Child development
  • Climate change and health
  • Mental health
  • Well-being