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An official publication of Arizona State University

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Brian Skeet Ravenna Curley

WRITERS

Amber Poleviyuma Brian Skeet Lauren Slim Megan Tom Ravenna Curley Sequoia Dance Taylor Notah Dr. Amanda R. Tachnine

COPY EDITORS

Dr. Jeremiah Chin Dr. Jessica Solyom Hannah Duncan

SENIOR EDITORS

Dr. Amanda R. Tachine Dr. Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy

Our Directional Hope for You

issue 01

We talked to hundreds of ASU Native college students in-person and asked, “What can ASU do to support future Native college students?” Over and over again, we heard students talk about feeling alone and answering with the phrase, “I wish I knew about [services and programs offered at ASU] before…” After these sessions, we brainstormed ways we could share student stories and provide insider information to navigate. We asked ourselves what we could produce that students could relate to and see that they are not alone. With the help and guidance of many, we created Turning Points, a magazine by and for ASU On the cover Native college students. Hopefully this issue will spark Photo Credit: Ruby C. Inurriaga inspiration for new in Photo: Mary Stefaniak We talked to ideas, services, resources and Learn more about the story behind the cover on pg. 26-27. hundreds of opportunities to ASU Native enrich your experience. The title, Turning Points, was inspired by the college students ways our Native relatives share directions with in-person and us. We thought of our uncles and grandparents, who often draw routes on the ground, using asked, “What rocks and twigs as markers. We thought about can ASU do to our aunties who point with their lips toward a specific direction – the place to find what we support future are looking for. Turning Points thus became Native college our way of introducing and sharing the multiple directions that ASU Native students are taking students?” and that ASU staff and services are providing. We hope these Turning Points open positive and meaningful roads for you to navigate and that your journeys are filled with connections, excitement and possibility. It started with Native students, and we listened. It continues with this issue. This is written by us, for us. Thank you for opening up and reading this magazine.

Sincerely,

The Turning Points Team

Office of the President

Arizona State University is located in Indian Country; there are 22 tribal nations in Arizona.

The Tempe campus sits on the ancestral homelands of those American Indian tribes that have inhabited this place for centuries, including the Akimel O’otham (GRIC)*, Pee Posh (GRIC)*, Onk Akimel O’odham (SRPMIC)* and Piipaash (SRPMIC)*.

In keeping with the design aspirations of the New American University, ASU seeks to embrace our place, connect with tribal communities and enable the success of each American Indian student. We reaffirm the university’s commitment to these goals and acknowledge that everyone, the entire ASU community, is responsible for their achievement.

ASU continues to develop an impressive cohort of scholars engaged in American Indian cultural, social, educational, legal and economic issues. We have built world-class programs in American Indian Studies, Michael M. Crow American Indian Legal Studies and Indigenous conceptions of justice. President Our work, however, is not complete. We must further enhance our Arizona State Universitycapacity to leverage place, transform society, conduct use-inspired research, enable student success, work across disciplines, integrate Indigenous knowledge and engage Indigenous issues globally. We are committed to providing access, retaining and graduating American Indian students in a climate that is welcoming and respectful of their languages and cultures. Foundational to these goals, we commit to creating an environment of success and possibility for American Indian students at ASU.

We are dedicated to supporting tribal nations in “...ASU seeks to embrace achieving futures of their own making. We will partner with tribal nations to: address the ravages of paternalism; our place, connect with tribal improve educational achievement of American Indian communities and enable children, youth and adults; create innovative and appropriate use and development of natural resources; success of each American conceptualize and implement responses to physical Indian Student.” and mental health challenges; and build and strengthen leadership capacities to address challenges for Native nations in the 21st Century and beyond. And we will enhance and foster an environment of success and unlimited possibilities for American Indians at ASU.

This work acknowledges our indisputable recognition of place and reinforces our mission as the New American University.

americanindianaffairs.asu.edu/tribal relations/office-president

*As Sovereign Nations, how Indigenous languages are spelled may vary based upon locale, dialect, and history. In 2009, the Gila River Indian Community adopted an orthography that spells the peoples as Akimel O’otham (River People). Pee Posh (Maricopa) is generally accepted even though GRIC has not yet adopted an orthography for that spelling. More recently, in the summer of 2017, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community adopted two orthographies and therefore spells the peoples as Piipaash (Maricopa) and Onk Akimel O’odham (Salt River People). In honoring and acknowledging local tribal nations, we have included the various versions in this magazine.

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