Indigenous Rights: A Vehicle to Address Mental Health and Academic Outcomes in the CNMI

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Author(s): Beylul Solomon (Northern Marianas College, USA)and William J. Fife III (Kagman High School, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 29
Source title: Learning and Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education in Oceania
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Perry Jason Camacho Pangelinan (University of Guam, Guam)and Troy McVey (University of Guam, Guam)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7736-3.ch002

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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This chapter focuses on the mental health factors that impact student success for Indigenous youth within the higher education landscape in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It emphasizes the need to address these mental health factors by strengthening cultural identity to support the success of students in higher education. The authors explain how Indigenous rights can be used to address legacies of genocidal colonialism and how implementing Indigenous-based curriculum for effective student learning may provide pathways to improve academic and mental health outcomes. Several programs in Saipan that underscore the significance of reinforcing cultural identity to help mitigate and alleviate these negative outcomes are discussed. The authors conclude by providing examples of how cultural identity can be strengthened through the implementation of Indigenous rights-based legislation, thereby simultaneously safeguarding mental health and academic success for Indigenous youth in the CNMI.

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