American Indian Male Maturation
Lloyd L. Lee
Volume 20, Number 1 (2020) 20 (1): 110-121
Keywords American Indian, Male, Maturity, Identity, Higher education, Cultural knowledge, Relations, Language, Thought/philosophy, Space/place, Way of life
Abstract
Less than one percent of baccalaureate-and-above degrees are awarded to American Indians and Alaskan Native students in the United States. In order for this to change, universities and colleges will need to do a better job of graduating American Indian men. While some universities and colleges have developed programs to recruit, retain, and graduate American Indian andnAlaskan Native men, the goal of sustaining Native identity and working toward developing matu- ration has to be a part of any approach implemented. With identity and maturation, Native men and the idea of masculinities is grounded in the people’s and community’s thought and way of life. This grounding leads to maturation, the purpose of life. This article is an examination into American Indian male identity and maturation helping to succeed in higher education and life.
Lloyd L. Lee
Published June 1, 2020
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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