Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy highlights the experiences and narratives emerging from Indigenous mothers in the academy who are negotiating their roles in multiple contexts. The essays in this volume contribute to the broader higher education literature and the literature on Indigenous representation in the academy, filling a longtime gap that has excluded Indigenous women scholar voices. This book covers diverse topics such as the journey to motherhood, lessons through motherhood, acknowledging ancestors and grandparents in one’s mothering, how historical trauma and violence plague the past, and balancing mothering through the healing process. More specific to Indigenous motherhood in the academy is how culture and place impacts mothering (specifically, if Indigenous mothers are not in their traditional homelands as they raise their children), how academia impacts mothering, how mothering impacts scholarship, and how to negotiate loss and other complexities between motherhood and one’s role in the academy.

Contributions by: Christine A. Nelson, Tiffany S. Lee, Leola Tsinnajinnie-Paquin, Susan Faircloth, Nicole Reyes, Nizhoni Chow-Garcia, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Alayah Johnson-Jennings, Ahnili Johnson-Jennings, Dwanna L. McKay, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Shelly Lowe, Tria Blu Wakpa, Symphony Oxendine, Denise Henning, Renée Holt, Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Theresa Gregor, Sloan Woska-pi-mi Shotton, Heather J. Shotton, Pearl Brower, Erin Kahunawaika?ala Wright, Kaiwipuni Lipe, Charlotte Davidson, Stephanie Waterman