Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 5, April 11, 2019
Description
Article aims to better inform academic librarians on the issues surrounding research in Indigenous communities and with Indigenous people. Provides strategies for avoiding harm when working with Aboriginal peoples, and reminds researchers that successful projects must include an in-depth understanding of Indigenous protocols, values, and epistemologies.
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Bull
Amy Hudson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Case study report examines the evolution of NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) research governance from 2006 to 2018, highlighting community consent contracts and ethical review processes and protocols.
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Arizona interviewed 5 scholars on their research practices and the supports provided by the library. Makes several recommendations for improving supports and services in the library.
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers interviewed six Indigenous Studies scholars at Haskell Indian Nations University (Haskell) and the University of Kansas (KU). Report explores the four themes that surfaced--knowledge, connection, journey, and giving back—in the context of Library and Information Services (LIS).
Examines the development of a respectful collaboration between Indigenous communities and academic researchers to provide research interactions that is mutually beneficial for both sides.
Chapter from Co-operative Membership and Globalization: New Directions in Research and Practice edited by Brett Fairbarn and Nora Russell.
Entire ebook on one PDF. To access chapter, scroll down to page 207.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 131-150
Description
Researchers assess peer-reviewed research and government gray literature to determine the current level of knowledge regarding the effects of, and conflicts between aircrafts and traditional subsistence harvesters and their communities in Alaska. Findings indicate a data gap that will require cooperation between rural communities, aircraft users, and decision-makers.
Supplementary Appendix 1 contains a table of literature search results and bibliography of the relevant literature.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 1, no. 1, September 2004, pp. 19-32
Description
Presents overview of the development of Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodology and the possible positive and negative effects associated with its use.
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) interviewed thirteen faculty members/grad students regarding library services for Indigenous studies and peoples.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 39-53
Description
Authors discuss the need for researchers to acknowledge and examine their own positionality in relation to health and wellness narratives; suggest that being mindful about the privilege implicit to the position of “researcher” is essential in working respectfully and reciprocally within the community.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], 2019, pp. 135-156
Description
The authors suggest that a coalition of different methodologies can be used to unify Black and Indigenous colonial experiences regarding land. The coalition provide the opportunity to connect both experiences as they overlap and diverge from another.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 103-120
Description
Explores a preferred research process that involves dialogue with community members, on location, in order to learn and see the research community in a more realistic way.
Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 21, no. 2, February 2015, pp. 175-183
Description
Authors asserts that perspective as an, 'insider' or an, 'outsider' should be taken into account when doing research interviews as was the case for interviewing elderly Sámi in Norway.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 1
Description
Authors use an intersectional and trauma-informed approach to engage with the consequences of human trafficking for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people; they then consider resiliency factors, and make culturally informed recommendations to assist psychologists in working with survivors of trafficking.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 140-149
Description
Article discusses the use of the Tivaevae research model (which represents Kuki Airani epistemological and ontological worldviews) in a PhD study of youth views of sexuality. Examines the benefits of using Indigenous research methods both for conceptualization and methodology.
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 111, October 14, 2010, pp. 1-31
Description
Interviews non-Indigenous principles to see how their life experiences impacted their professional identities and roles as educational leaders focusing on educational leadership theory and practice.
Discusses the use of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession and Utility, Self-Voicing, Access and Inter-relationality Framework as guidelines to ensure ethically appropriate communication.
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Cook
Melanie MacKinnon
Marcia Anderson & Ian Whetter
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Article describes the origins and mandate of Ongomiizwin; highlights the five themes of the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ (RFHS) Reconciliation Action Plan for health science education: (1) Honoring traditional knowledge systems and practices, (2) Safe learning environments and professionalism, (3) Student support, mentorship and retention (4) Education across the spectrum and 5) Closing the gap in admissions.
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2019
Description
Reviews the 2011 study Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision using a lens of cultural competency. Author highlights problematic elements of the study and suggests frameworks that can be used to improve the quality of research.
Statistics Canada International Symposium Series. Proceedings
Symposium 2004: Innovative Methods for Surveying Difficult-to-reach Populations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Webster
Alistair Rogers
Dan Black
Description
Discusses survey design, operations and outputs with reference to 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey and the 2004-05 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey.
Paper from Symposium 2004: Innovative Methods for Surveying Difficult-to-reach Populations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 281-305
Description
Study examines the potential for using opt-in internet surveys as means to study the political attitudes and behaviors of Indigenous people in the United States.
A Syllabus for History After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Historical Association
Description
Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history".
Current as of 2019.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 25-32
Description
Describes the history of United States Native American education policies, calling them "cultural genocide", and the abandonment of the policies in the 1930s. The article also explains the continuing economic exploitation of Native American resources in the 21st century.
Professor (Hogan) explains how and why she teaches Indigenous epistemology in her graduate field-based research methods course and reflects on whether she has done it successfully. Recent doctoral student (Topok) explains how he developed his research method, Katimarugut, in the class.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et Représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 9-35
Description
Discusses collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak in mounting the exhibit Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 102-110
Description
Argues that Aboriginal students experience tensions between Indigenous knowledge and academic knowledge and terminology and institutions should be adapting to their values.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 83-86
Description
Looks at a case study to identify areas where future discussion is needed to improve the understanding and meaning of knowledge translation in Aboriginal health research.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 141-160
Description
Authors describe their process of decolonizing their research practice in British Columbia over an extended period of time. Highlights the need for researchers to develop collaborative partnerships with Indigenous communities.
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 31-44
Description
Author uses a personal essay to discuss basic tenets of Indigenous knowledge, ways of knowing, and ontological constructs; uses Líl̓wat language concepts to help illustrate her points. Highlights experiential and action based teaching and learning, relational understanding, and the concepts of flux, balance.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Discusses the way in which the tobacco contributes to Indigenous research methodology and examines how Indigenous research can draw upon Indigenous ways of knowing by connecting individuals with the spiritual and physical world.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Article draws on a multi-year collaborative community study to articulate Indigenous understandings of and perspectives on the practice of FPIC in a Canadian Context.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 15-41
Description
Authors stress that there is a need for interdisciplinary and collaborative community-centered approaches to research and healthcare programming in Indigenous communities. Article notes that transdisciplinary research is one of the three core values of the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health, and stress the relevance of the social determinants of health.