12: Experiencing Indigenous Spaces

This chapter focuses on place-based learning experiences of a White, non-Indigenous, settler educator. The chapter describes her experiences as she visited Indigenous historical places in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Following the Indian Removal Act, peoples from the Mvskoke Creek Nation settled in the area that is now known as Tulsa. Through laws and policies established by Whites, some of these Indigenous spaces have almost completely been erased from public memory. This chapter reveals how place-based learning can enhance learning experiences of students through storytelling and counter-storytelling that focus on Indigenous experiences to combat settler colonial narratives of Indigenous places.