Vertigan Swerdfiger, Jacqueline2017-07-182017-07-182017-05https://hdl.handle.net/11299/188859University of Minnesota D.Ed. dissertation. May 2017. Major: Education, Curriculum and Instruction. Advisors: Julia Williams, Frank Guldbrandsen. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 101 pages.Educational Expectations in an Urban American Indian Community: A Phenomenological Investigation. This investigation uses narrative to explore the educational experiences and expectations of 10 urban, Midwestern United States American Indians. Results include insights into community-based evaluation, suggest an emerging field of Indigenous Educational Evaluation, and offers a model and suggestions that may help guide future evaluations of educational programs serving American Indian students.enCritical PedagogyEducationEmergent TheoryEvaluationIndigenousMeasurementThesis or Dissertation