This article seeks to extend our understanding of how American Indian college students’ success is crafted from their lived experiences and ancestral understanding to create community on a college campus. Using a methodology of portraiture, the Cherokee concept of gadugi is explored as a formidable concept to indigenize spaces on a primarily white institution campus. The findings highlight the strength and agency of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian students in disrupting the marginalizing structures of a settler academy.

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“这就是我们手牵手的原因”：Gadugi 和 PWI 本土化之路

本文旨在扩展我们对美国印第安大学生的成功是如何从他们的生活经历和祖先的理解中精心打造的理解，以在大学校园中创建社区。使用肖像画的方法论，将切诺基人的 gadugi 概念作为一个强大的概念进行探索，以在以白人为主的机构校园内实现空间本土化。调查结果凸显了切诺基印第安学生东部乐队在破坏定居者学院的边缘化结构方面的力量和作用。