The Indigenous Service Forum: A brief history and future vision

April 4, 2012

Guest author:

Lynn LaPointe

2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the annual Indigenous Service Forum (ISF) within the National Service-Learning Conference. Both the conference and forum return to Mni’sota (the Dakota word for smoky or hazy water) in April of 2012. Like many endeavors that seek to address issues of social justice, equity and accessibility for people of color, primarily indigenous youth and communities, the vision and efforts needed to turn the ISF into an annual conference offering had its anticipated growing pains that were also tempered by success.

The ISF came about as a means by which to explore how service-learning could assist in creating a proper and respectful environment in which to more effectively utilize original indigenous thought and philosophy for the benefit of indigenous communities. Research, personal experience/knowledge and calculated projections inform us that a critical stage in how to effectively tackle educational challenges for indigenous peoples has been reached, but still awaits that vehicle of change.

It is therefore time that indigenous communities and the field of service-learning draw more than parallels around the basis of service as a virtue shared by both but often only in theory. However, as indigenous people can attest, there remains the very serious issue of improper appropriation and exploitation of sought after indigenous teachings. It is no secret that indigenous communities that have shared their respective lessons and protected information with non-members/organizations/universities, etc. often find that their presence and value diminish once knowledge or teachings were given out in the spirit of mutual benefit.

The ISF has always existed as a vehicle in which indigenous youth and educators who themselves are practitioners of service in their own right, are given proper power and presence in which to safely share their teachings in ways that are respectful to themselves and their communities. Ground rules and expectations can be set by the indigenous featured presenters to ensure that risk of exploitation is therefore minimized. Attendees may also learn proper etiquette and understand what improper appropriation looks like so that they can recognize those traits when choosing to work with indigenous communities or indigenous youth.

In this 10th anniversary year for the ISF we celebrate the powerful presence of so many indigenous service-learning educators that have graced the conference and forum with their insight. The tribal / indigenous nations represented have spanned the Plains of South Dakota with the Lakota, the northern woodlands of Mni’sota with the Ojibwe, to the southwest with our Navajo and Apache relatives. Indigenous is an encompassing title with more of our relatives from El Salvador to Puerto Rico and from east to west with our Chickasaw, Choctaw and Paiute making their presence known. Additionally our Dutch, German, Laplander and African brothers and sisters have also represented. The Native Hawaiian presence was a powerful sister. A powerful Chicano brother also came to us from the Rockies.

The participation of so many indigenous youth and educators over the years has given rise to the ISF and thus proving that it has not been sustained by any one person or their individual vision, but has matured and gathered strength from the collective visions and original teachings of the indigenous peoples who still remain physically and spiritually attached to their lands and whom chose to serve as featured presenters. It has been their non-political, lack of personal promotion, and indigenous spirit of service that has made the Indigenous Service Forum into the success that it remains to this day.

While there is much work and mutual respect to establish between those indigenous people who truly practice indigenous virtues of service, and those who wish to work with these same communities and people, these past 10 years represent a strong, positive step forward in the creation of mutual work across human created boundaries and obstacles. Most importantly, this decade of interaction and networking has laid the groundwork for the establishment of an Indigenous Service Network that will eventually represent the next step in the evolution of the Indigenous Service Forum.

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