AMERICAN INDIAN MEN AND THE ROAD TO GAINING COLLEGE ACCESS

Abstract

This study investigates American Indian men's stories of college access and rationales for pursuing college. In addition, this research study will investigate American Indian men and college access roads and the significance behind the access roads. This study is situated in qualitative research and utilizes Tribal Critical Race Theory (TribalCrit) as the theoretical framework to provide a lens for the American Indian men's stories in this study regarding college access. This research study is theoretically conceptualized in the Indigenous research paradigm and will be utilized as a supporting framework for TribalCrit. The methodological approach of Indigenous storywork will be utilized and intertwined with the eleven American Indian men's conversations about their college access stories.