Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Children's Hurt & Healing (ACHH) Initiative
John R. Sylliboy
Margot Latimer
Sharon Rudderham
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [12]
Description
Links to short video which discusses the ACHH's research on helping healthcare professionals to understand pain and hurt from a Mi'kmaw perspective. Research done in collaboration with Artist Alan Syliboy, illustrates how participants think about and express pain.
ACHH Initiative
Duration 5:03
An Aboriginal Language Pedagogy Framework for Western New South Wales
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tyson Yunkaporta
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 130-136
Description
Report summarizes progress of an Indigenous community research project that is creating an Aboriginal pedagogy framework for teaching First Peoples' languages in Western New South Wales, Australia.
Adapting Evidence-Based Tobacco Addiction Treatment for Inuit Living in Ontario: A Qualitative Study of Collaboration and Co-creation to Move From Pan-Indigenous to Inuit-Specific Programming
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan Barker
Anita Uuttuvak
Christine Lund
Rosa Dragonetti
Peter Selby
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 36-53
Description
Examines the IT'S TIME toolkit as a means to provide collaborative culturally relevant treatment for tobacco addiction within Inuit communities.
Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: A Path Forward Utilizing a Structured Cold Case Investigation Protocol
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Adcock
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 103-128
Description
Discusses organization and structure, operation, and management along with "cold case rules" and examples of cases.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 103.
American Indian Genes in the Media: Representations of the Havasupai Indian Tribe in Their Case against Arizona State University
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond I. Orr
Justin Reedy
Dalaki Livingston
Paul Spicer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 2, 2021, pp. 65-80
Description
Discusses the media's framing of the Havasupai case against the Arizona State University's genomic research as a matter of ethics rather than an issue of Indigenous sovereignty.
The Anthropology Museum in the Post-Colonial Era: A Case Study on How Indigenous, First Nations Communities are Represented at the UBC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver
Theses
Author/Creator
Amelie Nikitin
Description
Art, Society and Culture Thesis (M.A.)--Erasmus University, 2019.
Archival Initiatives for the Indigenous Collections at the American Philosophical Society
Alternate Title
Case Studies on Access Policies for Native American Archival Materials ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Carpenter
Description
Describes initiatives undertaken by the Society to provide meaningful and appropriate access to its collections. The initiatives included projects to digitize and more accurately describe items, assess research constituencies, and to collaborate with Indigenous communities.
Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research
Alternate Title
Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
Author/Creator
Vishnu Vardhani Rajan
Shyam Gadhavi
Marjaana Jauhola
Susanna Hast
Sunniva Hovde ... [et al.]
Assessing the Needs of Urban American Indians in North Texas: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Conrad
Maria Scannapieco
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 28, no. 2, 2021, pp. [33]-51
Description
Looks at trust building create through a needs assessment research project with feedback from university researchers, urban inter-tribal center and other community partners in Northern Texas.
At the Interface: Indigenous Health Practitioners and Evidence-based Practice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Billie Joe Rogers
Kylee Swift
Kim van der Woerd
Monique Auger
Regine Halseth … [et al.]
"At the Level of Ideas" Locating Compatibilities between Indigenous Documentary Film and Indigenous Research in the American Indian Tribal Histories Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Herman
Francine Spang-Willis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 4, Fall, 2021, pp. [336]-360
Description
Compares the protocols and methodologies of filmmakers and researchers working on the American Indian Tribal Histories Project and what can be learned from each media form.
Bringing Ethics Review Home to Cowichan: Indigenizing Ethics Review in British Columbia, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cowichan Tribes
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 70-81
Description
Using the investigation into high preterm births amongst the Cowichan to examine collaborative research reviews that follow the OCAP principles.
Building on Strengths: Collaborative Intergenerational Health Research with Urban First Nations and Métis Women and Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cooper
S. Michelle Driedger
Josée Lavoie
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 107-125
Description
Describes the research process and results of a participatory project on how Indigenous girls and the female family members that care for them. Results show that flexible design that allows for intergenerational involvement can prove beneficial for both participants and for researchers.
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Research Data Alliance International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group
Global Indigenous Data Alliance]
Description
Designed to complement the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles of the open data movement as means to use Indigenous data in ways determined by Indigenous peoples and for their benefit. Principles are related to collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility, and ethics.
Chasing Paper: Forms over Function in First Nation Administration
Alternate Title
Research Report (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 47
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caitlin McAuliffe
Description
Discusses the reporting relationship between federal funders and First Nations governments using the Nipissing First Nations as a case study. Looks at discrepancies and challenges faced by communities and funders' accountability and transparency, as well as best practices in data governance, partnerships, and data collection models.
Closing the Gap: Ethics and the Law in the Exhibition of Contemporary Native Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 115-122
Description
Discusses how decreased funding for museums and art galleries has lead to an increased effort to secure Indigenous art in order to acquire grants. Uses Jimmie Durham as a case study and an examination of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to illustrate how the art community's haste to secure Indigenous art has allowed those with a fraudulent identity to benefit.
Collaborative Game Development with Indigenous Communities: A Theoretical Model for Ethnocultural Empathy
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura K. Horton
Description
New Media Game Design and Production Thesis (M.A.)--Aalto University, 2019.
Looks at Never Alone, Mulaka and the Sámi Game Jam.
Commentary on Racism in Occupational Science
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Beagan
Journal of Occupational Science, vol. 28, no. 3, 2021, pp. 410-413
Description
Using her own personal experiences to examine the disinterest to discuss or acknowledge racism in occupational science and therapy.
Community-Engaged and Culturally Relevant Research to Develop Behavioral Health Interventions with American Indians and Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine E. McKinley
Charles R. Figley
Sarah M. Woodward
Jessica L. Liddell
Shanondora Billiot... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 79-103
Description
Article describes a culturally appropriate program development model used with communities in the Southeastern United States. Author illustrate the research and design methodology by describing the development of a resilience-based family-centered substance-abuse and violence prevention program.
Contested Meanings and Lived Experiences of Two-Spiritness: A Systematic Review of the Canadian Research Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie A Morrison
Bidushy Sadika
Todd G Morrison
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 145-168
Description
A literature review on research regarding two-spirit Indigenous Canadians, the communities hopes to return to a position of honour, and suggestions for future research.
Creating Change Using Two-Eyed Seeing, Believing and Doing; Responding to the Journey of Northern First Nations People with HIV
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Larcombe
Elizabeth Hydesmith
Gayle Restall
Laurie Ringaert
Matthew Singer ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 11, Soft Launch, Summer, 2021, pp. 76-92
Description
Examines various approaches to access and analyze narratives from Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS through allyship.
Cultural Heritage of the Sámi in Finnish National Histories 1894–2009
Alternate Title
Cultural heritage of the Sami in Finnish national histories 1894–2009
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jukka Nyyssönen
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 340-348
Description
Author explores the ways that historical conservatism shapes the inclusion of Sámi people and communities in the national narrative of Finland. Argues that the Sámi remain marginalized, and that their agency, sovereignty, and inclusion is minimized by the mainstream discourses of history.
A Culturally Specific Approach: Developing A Métis Methodology for HIV Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renée Monchalin
Carrie Bourassa
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 10, Winter, 2019, pp. 3-19
Description
An examination of the methodologies for conducting HIV research in Métis communities.
The Culture is Prevention Project: Adapting the Cultural Connectedness Scale for Multi-Tribal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet King
Paul Masotti
John Dennem
Shir Hadani
Janice Linton
Bonnie Lockhart ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 104-135
Description
Describes a community-based, participatory research project in which six urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health organizations in northern California partnered to adapt the Canadian-developed Cultural Connectedness Scale for use in California. Reviews the process and provides information for localized adaptations.
Data Colonialism in Canada: Decolonizing Data through Indigenous Data Governance
Theses
Author/Creator
Donald Leone
Description
Communication Thesis (MA) -- Carleton University, 2021.
Data Genocide of American Indians and Alaska Natives in COVID-19 Data: A Report Card Grading U.S. States' Quality of COVID-19 Racial Data and Their Effectiveness in Collecting and Reporting Data on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Urban Indian Health Institute
Decades of Doing: Indigenous Women Academics Reflect on the Practices of Community-Based Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Jaime Cidro
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, vol. 14, no. 3, 2019, pp. 222-233
Description
Two Indigenous research interview academic colleagues to
discuss some of the challenges researchers may encounter adhering to the OCAP principles.
Decolonizing Attribution: Traditions of Exclusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Anderson
Kimberly Christen
Journal of Radical Librarianship, vol. 5, June 3, 2019 , pp. 113-152
Description
Authors offer a decolonial critique of academic attribution practices arguing that they maintain the Euro-centric hierarchies of knowledge production. They argue for the decolonizing attribution by reevaluating the process through Indigenous lenses of kinship and connection to land.
Decolonizing Nunavut's Art Market
Theses
Author/Creator
Erin Elizabeth Yunes
Description
Art History Thesis (PhD) - York University, 2019.
Digital Ethics and Reconciliation: Digital Ethics Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karine St-Onge
Description
Report offers 26 recommendations for library staff and researchers seeking to decolonize their services in regards to collaborative research with Indigenous communities, the products of that research, and previously acquired archival materials. Multiple case studies included; majority are Canadian, but also includes cases from Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and the United States.
Drivers of Sexual Health Knowledge for Two-Spirit, Gay, Bi and/or Indigenous Men Who Have Sex with Men (gbMSM)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harlan Pruden
Travis Salway
Theodora Consolacion
Jannie Wing-Sea Leung
Aidan Ablona ... [et al.]
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 11, Soft Launch, Summer, 2021, pp. 93-113
Description
In response to the lack of research on the experiences of Two-Spirit Indigenous men this study examines the need to better differentiate their experiences with other members of the LGBT community.
E Naʻauao Pū, E Noiʻi Pū, E Noelo Pū: Research Support for Hawaiian Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kawena Komeiji
Keahiahi Long
Shavonn Matsuda
Annemarie Paikai
Kapena Shim
Description
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi interview 17 faculty members about their research and teaching practices. Report presents finding and suggestions for improving library services to faculty in the area of Hawaiian Studies.
Enabling First Nations Children to Thrive
Alternate Title
An Assessment of Major Phases of the Research Methodology Used in IFSD’s First Nations Child and Family Services Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Halaina Gaspard
[Scott Edward Bennett]
Description
Study conducted as a result of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that First Nations children were being discriminated against in the existing child welfare system. Purpose was to: develop reliable data collection, analysis and reporting methodology; provide technical expertise to analyze current agency needs and advice on how to monitor and respond to needs from fiscal and governance perspectives; analyze complete needs assessments; and complete a cost analysis.
Engaging Indigenous Youth in Community-Based Participatory Action Research: A Scoping Review
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Hackett
Description
[Health Promotion] Thesis (M.A.)-- Dalhousie University, 2019.
Engaging Northern Indigenous Communities in Biophysical Research: Pitfalls and Successful Approaches
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Eerkes-Medrano
Henry P. Huntington
Arturo Ortiz Castro
David E. Atkinson
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 166-180
Description
Authors examine the existing guidelines for building research relationships in Arctic communities; they note the current guidelines are action centered and suggest that researchers also need a series of skills, attitudes and personal attributes if they are to be successful in building community relationships.
Ethical and Equitable Engagement Synthesis Report: A Collection of Inuit Rules, Guidelines, Protocols, and Values for the Engagement of Inuit Communities and Indigenous Knowledge from across Inuit Nunaat
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Victoria Qutuuq Buschman
Description
Material included falls into several categories: protocols and guidelines; health, land-use and conservation plans; permitting processes; position papers; research projects and reports; and organizational documents.
The Etiology of Otitis Media Among Inuit Children: An Anthropological Approach [English Summary]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rose Dufour
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1988, [1989], pp. 71-77
Description
Summary of an ecological approach, that incorporates environmental, cultural & historical data with biological data, to help understand the causes of acute ear infections.
Evaluation Methodologies in Multisector Community Change Initiatives: The Missing Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Albert
Judy Gillespie
Charlene Bruce
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses the absence of Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous worldviews in contemporary initiatives to lower the number of Indigenous children in the child welfare system. Presents two examples of Indigenous led initiatives and the evaluation of their impacts; stresses the need for intercultural, collaborative research that engages Indigenous communities.
Examining the Research Practices of Indigenous Studies Scholars at Northwestern University
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Perry
Gina Petersen
Scott Garton
Michelle Guittar
Description
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers interviewed seven Indigenous Studies (IS) scholars at Northwestern University. Findings indicated that the Library and the University could improve supports for IS scholars in areas of: Interdisciplinary Studies, Making & Maintaining Connections, Collections and Archives and Data, Publishing and Sharing.
Explaining High Blood Pressure: Variation in Knowledge about Illness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda C. Garro
American Ethnologist, vol. 15, no. 1, February 1988, pp. 98-119
Description
Study conducted in Ojibway community in Manitoba used two interview formats to determine level of and variation in understanding of the disease, then analyzed responses to develop a cultural model.
Exploring Why and How Encounters with the Norwegian Health-care System can be Considered Culturally Unsafe by North Sami-Speaking Patients and Relatives: A Qualitative Study Based on 11 Interviews
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
rete Mehus
Berit Andersdatter Bongo
Janne Isaksen Engnes & Pertice M. Moffitt
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Qualitative study uses semi structured interviews in the North Sami language; content was transcribed and analyzed. Data indicates that many Sami people are not culturally safe within mainstream health-care systems and need medical practitioners to engage in culturally safe practices.
Failure of Mainstream Well-being Measures to Appropriately Reflect the Well-being of Indigenous and Local Communities and its Implications for Welfare Policies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kamaljit K. Sangha
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, Winter, 2019
Description
Criticizes the way that the majority of contemporary measures of well-being fail to consider the role that natural systems and the natural environment play in many, especially Indigenous, people’s health. Proposes a framework for considering the influence of these factors and advocates for health policy that considers them.
First Nations in Quebec and Labrador's Research Protocol: Companion Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joannie Gray Roussel
Description
Related material: First Nations in Quebec and Labrador's Research Protocol.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
From JSTOR to Jiní: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in Teaching Information Literacy at Tribal Colleges
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhiannon Sorrell
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Fall, Aug 11, 2019
Description
Discusses the challenges faced by tribal librarians as they work to teach information literacy in both mainstream news and social media outlets while incorporating traditional or Indigenous knowledge and teachings.
Genetic Resources, Justice and Reconciliation: Canada and Global Access and Benefit Sharing
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chidi Oguamanam
Timothy J. Hodges
Jock R. Langford
Roger Hunka
Joshua Nichols … Peter W. B. Phillips
Stuart J. Smyth .. [et al.]
Genocide against Indigenous Peoples: International Law and the Experiences of the Canadian and Guatemalan Truth Commissions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Guematcha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Article compares the processes and findings of the Truth Commissions in Canada and Guatemala; discusses how the idea and crime of genocide appears in national narratives, and how the findings of these commissions are part of a larger evolution of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.
Good Data Practices for Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance
Alternate Title
Good Data
Theory on Demand ; no. 29
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Raymond Lovett
Vanessa Lee
Tahu Kukutai
Donna Cormack
Stephanie Carroll Rainie … [et al.]
Description
Sets out context for Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) movements, and gives survey of networks and their foundational principles, such OCAP and the Māori principles of rangatiratanga, manaakitanga, and kaitiakitanga.
Chapter two of Good Data edited by Angela Daly, S. Kate Devitt, and Monique Mann.
Scroll to p. 26 to read paper.
The Good Mind and Trans-Systemic Thinking in the Two-Row Poems of Mohawk Poet Peter Blue Cloud
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Coleman
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 54-82
Description
Discusses the Two-Row poetry of Peter Blue cloud by comparing it to the Haudenosaunee Two-Row Wampum, and then uses “trans-systemic” analysis to map out the importance of two-row thinking for changing the relationship between Indigenous and settler-colonial legal regimes.
Graphic Facilitation as a Tool to Guide Community-Based Research on Indigenous Boys’ and Men’s Sexual Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Doria
Maya Biderman
Dave Arthur Miller
Aaron Prosper
Matthew Numer
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 10, Winter, 2019, pp. 20-27
Description
Looks at the authors experiences conducting Indigenous community research by engaging its participants with graphic facilitation.