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A Qualitative Phenomenological Study Which Examines the Relationship Between Positive Educational Outcomes of American Indian Wo Pepperdine University Pepperdine Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations 2017 A qualitative phenomenological study which examines the relationship between positive educational outcomes of American Indian women serving in the pow wow princess role Casey Fox Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd Recommended Citation Fox, Casey, "A qualitative phenomenological study which examines the relationship between positive educational outcomes of American Indian women serving in the pow wow princess role" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 759. https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd/759 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology A QUALITATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY WHICH EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN SERVING IN THE POW WOW PRINCESS ROLE A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership by Casey Fox January, 2017 Leo Mallette, Ed.D. – Dissertation Chairperson This dissertation, written by Casey Fox under the guidance of a Faculty Committee and approved by its members, has been submitted to and accepted by the Graduate Faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Doctoral Committee: Leo Mallette, Ed. D., Chairperson Kent Rhodes, Ed.D. Twyla Baker-Demaray, Ph.D. ©Copyright by Casey Fox (2017) All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... ix DEDICATION .................................................................................................................................x ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... xi VITA ............................................................................................................................................. xii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................ xiii Chapter 1: The Problem ...................................................................................................................1 Background/Recent History of Issue .......................................................................................5 Statement of the Problem .........................................................................................................9 Statement of the Purpose .......................................................................................................11 Recent Statistics Relevant to the Issue ..................................................................................12 Research Question .................................................................................................................12 Significance of Topic .............................................................................................................14 Qualitative Method Used .......................................................................................................15 Definition of Key Terms ........................................................................................................16 Key Assumptions ...................................................................................................................22 Limitations .............................................................................................................................22 Summary ................................................................................................................................23 Chapter 2: Literature Review .........................................................................................................25 Introduction ............................................................................................................................25 Leadership ..............................................................................................................................26 American Indian Leadership ..................................................................................................26 American Indian Education ...................................................................................................41 American Indian ....................................................................................................................53 Culture ...................................................................................................................................53 American Indian Language ....................................................................................................56 American Indian Language Loss ...........................................................................................57 American Indian Language Preservation ...............................................................................60 American Indian Languages in Education .............................................................................64 Similar Studies and Research ................................................................................................67 Gap in Literature ....................................................................................................................68 Summary ................................................................................................................................70 v Page Chapter 3: Methods ........................................................................................................................71 Introduction ............................................................................................................................71 Re-statement of the Research Questions ..............................................................................71 Description of Research Design ............................................................................................73 Process for Selection of Data Source .....................................................................................78 Definition of Analysis Unit ...................................................................................................79 Participant Description ..........................................................................................................80 Definition of Data Gathering Instruments .............................................................................81 Data Collection ......................................................................................................................82 Validity of Data Gathering Instrument ..................................................................................87 Reliability of Data Gathering Instrument ..............................................................................88 Role of the Researcher ...........................................................................................................88 Description of Proposed Data Analysis Process ....................................................................91 Summary ................................................................................................................................94 Chapter 4: Results ..........................................................................................................................96 Introduction ............................................................................................................................96 Qualitative Analysis ...............................................................................................................96 Data Collection ......................................................................................................................99 Profile of Participants ..........................................................................................................101 Interview Question 1 ............................................................................................................101 Interview Question 3 ............................................................................................................103 Interview Question 4 ............................................................................................................106 Interview Question 5 ............................................................................................................110 Interview Question 6 ............................................................................................................113 Interview Question 7 ............................................................................................................116 Interview Question 8 ............................................................................................................118 Research Question 1 ............................................................................................................122
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