Describes the database created by The Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC).
Chapter from Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017 edited by Simona Pinton and Lauso Zagato.
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.
Designed to help traditional knowledge holders, government representatives and third-party collaborators consider issues related to intellectual property law and provide illustrative case studies.
International Journal of Equity in Health, vol. 16, 2017, p. article 52
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Search of fourteen electronic databases for reviews about Aboriginal and Torres Islanders' health yielded 55 journal articles and 21 Australian Government commissioned evidence review reports.
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.
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.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 1, 2014, pp. 42-53
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Non-Indigenous researcher and her mentor describe how the time taken to build and maintain relationships with, for and by community was essential the project.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 166-180
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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.
Discusses using participatory action research (PAR) methodology, developing culturally appropriate research, communication and data protocols, and working with intermediary organizations to help build relationships. Concludes with a list of best practices.
Chapter from The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods, 2nd edition, edited by Nigel G. Fielding, Raymond M. Lee, and Grant Blank.
Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Catherine Fillmore
Colleen Anne Dell
Jennifer M. Kilty
Description
Presents innovative model of participatory action research (PAR) based on five central partnership principles.
Chapter 2 in book: Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian.
Presents Aboriginal Healing Foundation's code of conduct which is designed to ensure safety ,as well as fictional stories to illustrate various aspects of ethics.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 87-109
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Critique of past anthropological practices, and discussion of issues raised in Van der Peet and Delgamuukw court cases, and the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-18
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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.
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.
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.
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.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 15-24
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Paper offers a cautionary note on the importance of understanding culture and context when conducting First Nations health research with large data sets and outlines some approaches to research that can ensure appropriate development of research questions and interpretation of research findings.
Reports results of document search and interviews with representatives from regional First nations data governance centres. Focus of environment scan and research included: state and history of initiatives, regional considerations around the government-First Nation relationship, and regional data sovereignty, Nation building and intergovernmental relationships.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-10
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Professional commentary in which the author describes how psychiatrists working with Indigenous people in Canada can draw on Fanon’s work on the intersections of colonialism, racism, and psychiatry in order to provide higher quality mental health care services.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 1-19
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Explains how to conduct land use research studies that meet the demands of academic requirements and simultaneously respects the Aboriginal communities participating. The article focuses on one specific example, that of the Long Lake First Nation.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Fall, Aug 11, 2019
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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.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
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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.
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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 54-82
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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.
Guidelines based on two principles: "Cause No Harm" and "Free, Prior and Informed Consent". Included are guidelines for: Indigenous peoples and knowledge holders to ensure knowledge is protected in collaborations; agencies and researchers wanting to secure access and use traditional knowledges; and individuals reviewing grant proposals that incorporate Indigenous knowledge.
Related material: Annotated Bibliography: Examples of Traditional Knowledges in Climate Research
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, June 2019, pp. 101-110
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Article summarizes data collected in a Māori evaluation of a Cardiovascular Disease Medications Health Literacy Intervention. Groups findings into three key themes: Whakaaro:fluidity of understanding, building patient knowledge and relationships; Tūrangatira: presence; Whanaungatanga: building relationships.