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Culturally inclusive STEM learning: Mentored internships for Native American undergraduates at a tribal college and a university.

“…Additionally, conventional American pedagogy within the classroom is often incompatible with Native values and narratives, as it instead approaches learning from a Western (or Eurocentric) perspective (Bang & Medin, 2010;Huaman & Brayboy, 2017). Research by Huaman and Brayboy (2017) provides examples of Native science perspectives and points out the need for recognizing the knowledge and interests of Indigenous students in both personal achievement and contributions to their communities (Nelson & Youngbull, 2015). To build equity within the U.S. education system and in STEM fields particularly, these authors assert that it is critical to create spaces for Native American students' full participation and to give support and credit to their perspectives.…”