The AI/AN Society of Indian Psychologists Mentorship Program presents:
Webinar 2: Native Leadership
Friday, February 25th 2022
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Meeting ID:
962 6968 4527
AKST
9:00 am - 10:30 am
PST
10:00 am - 11:30 am
MST
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
CST
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
EST
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Webinar #2: Native Leadership
Joseph P. Gone, Ph.D. (Aaniiih-Gros Ventre)
Professor of Anthropology and Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Iva Greywolf, Ph.D. (Anishinaabe/Assiniboine)
Psychologist in Independent Practice
Roseburg, OR
BJ Boyd, Ph.D. (Cherokee)
Psychologist in Independent Practice
Ada, OK
What is Native leadership? There are many diverse traditions of leadership among indigenous and colonial
people historically, and in the multi-layered contemporary contexts where Native psychologists work. Our
expert panel of Native psychologists all serve as leaders in their communities. They work bringing psychology
to the public interest in Native communities doing the many, many things psychologists actually do: By
advocating, leading, consulting, advising, teaching, mentoring, diagnosing, healing, generating, reviewing and
synthesizing research evidence, creating and implementing policy, and by interpreting the meaning of diverse
human behavior, expression, and aspiration. Psychologists do all these things in an effort to further
understand, and often, to elevate the human condition. Today’s discussion focuses on the idea of psychologists
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as leaders with an emphasis on leading as a Native person, whether leading in Native communities or leading
on behalf of Native communities.
We will ask each of these Native Leaders in Psychology to comment on four core questions followed by a
participant Q&A and request for elaboration. We will begin with the consideration of leadership as intrinsic to
working as a psychologist and as a professional in the context of one’s community and organization. We will
discuss how we as Native people construe concepts of leadership and elaborate on diverse Native/Indigenous
leadership ideals. Each of our three Native Leaders will elaborate from a personal and experiential perspective
on their own leadership style: the influence of Native tradition, personal characteristics, and current context
on meeting the challenges of leadership. They will focus their comments by considering four core questions:
1. What does Native Leadership mean to you?
2. What are your Native leadership traditions? What does your own cultural background teach you
about leadership? What makes someone a leader in the Native communities where you live and work?
3. What kind of Native leader are you? How do you aspire to lead and how do you know if it is effective?
Did you expect to be a leader as a Native psychologist? In what ways are Native psychologists a special
case of leaders in their communities?
4. What does your Native community need from its psychologist-leaders today?
Our psychologist-leaders will describe how they navigate their internal values and ideals within the context of
the real-world landscapes where people, politics, policies, and the urgency of a community’s needs all compete
for their attention. They will describe leadership challenges they face in the context of current community
health, spirit, and resource crises. We will discuss the mantle of self-care and service as Native people.
This Webinar is Hosted by the Society of Indian Psychologists Mentorship Program Committee:
Rebecca Crawford Foster, Ph.D.
Stephanie Miller, Ph.D
Tammy Greer, Ph.D.
Haley Shea, Ph.D.
Brian McNeill, Ph.D.
Stephanie Zachery, B.A.
For Further Information:
Email Dr. Stephanie Miller, Chair of SIP Mentorship Program at SIPMentorship@gmail.com
Psychology CE Offerings:
Attendants are eligible to earn 1.5 CE units for 1.5 hour-long program. SIP Mentorship Program
Mentors are eligible for no fee credits with completion of post-session evaluation form and full
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session attendance. Webinar program is free and open to the General Public and to Members of
the SIP community with advanced registration. Fees for CEU credits Mentors (free) and Guests
($30, payable with registration at https://www.paypal.com/instantcommerce/checkout/AETLZJSN7MA7A).
*Participants must attend the entire workshop via Zoom with their video capabilities turned on to be eligible
for CE credits. The Mentorship Committee will email the forms to all those participants eligible for CE credits
(attended and paid, if applicable) as soon as the CE workshop concludes. The SIP CE coordinator, Joanna
Shadlow, Ph.D. (Joanna-shadlow@tulsa.edu) will send out CE certificate to each participant once they receive
1) confirmation of attendance, 2) confirmation of payment (if applicable), and 3) participant returns a
completed evaluation form.
Learning Objectives:
The participant will be able to:
1. Recognize how cultural values of Native American Indian people can be applied to models of
leadership.
2. Describe some diverse leadership approaches working with Native communities.
3. Identify some Native cultural traditions in leadership as it applies to psychological training,
mentorship, research, and service across diverse contexts as Native psychologists.
4. Consider possible applications of Native psychology leadership with respect current
applications to the health crises or a community-based implementation.
Methods:
We will discuss how Native psychologists serve as leaders. After a brief review of Native leadership
psychology, we invite our expert panel of Native psychologists to each describe their conceptualization and
experience of being leaders in Native communities. We will also provide time for mentor/mentee and guest
participants to ask questions of our leadership panel. This Webinar will be a combination of didactic
information and experiential process to provide the mentors and mentees an opportunity to learn and share
knowledge about psychological concepts in leadership as it applies to working in Native American
communities.
Full Disclosure Statement: The presenters and organizers do not individually gain financially by the sale of
any product or publication as a result of this workshop excepting where applicable fees to cover the costs of
CEU certification support the Society of Indian Psychologists. No external source funds the research presented
in this workshop.
References:
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65, 157-170.
Chin, J. L. (2010). Introduction to the special issue on diversity and leadership. American Psychologist,
65, 150-156.
Chin, J. L. (2013). Diversity leadership: Influence of ethnicity, gender, and minority status. Open
Journal of Leadership, 1-10.
Chin, J. L. & Trimble, J. (2015). Diversity and Leadership. Sage: Los Angeles.
Eagly, A. H., & Chin, J. L. (2010). Diversity and leadership in a changing world. American Psychologist,
65, 216-224.
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