Making Visible the Invisible: Analysis of an Indigenous Community Oral History Program

Abstract

While oral history is experiencing resurgence in education, there has been limited examination of what this movement means for history education and for history educators. Through the analysis of interview data, this study uncovers how and in what ways the local context, state and local policies, a superintendent, principal, teacher, and members of the Mixtec Indigenous community impacted the development of a sustainable, oral history pedagogical approach that uncovers the histories of an Indigenous community while affording opportunities to redress the historical harms of bullying and exclusion.