Methodologies & Ethics

Identifies occurrences of ethical challenges encountered by multicultural counselors living in Nunavut for a minimum of two years.

Discusses use of the Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) tool for collecting data and working with Māori whānau (families) to prevent chronic conditions. Authors found this method useful as it fits with Māori strengths-based values, is responsive to the worldview of participants, and is participatory.

Brief editorial discusses the increasing interest in participatory research projects and the inherent challenges associated with such relationships.

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.

Summarizes emerging themes from past comparative literature work regarding Indigenous living conditions and identifies areas for improvement.

Study concluded that community-based participatory research is an ideal way to better understand health disparities.

Focuses on two separate long-term studies done without the consent of participants, who were viewed as "experimental materials". Partial motivations were to further researchers' careers and correct "Indian problems" of disease and dependency on the state.

Introduction to issue on substance abuse research. Innovative research approaches and gaps in public health services are identified and highlighted.

Comments on articles in special issue.

Stories about academic research, the area where theory and practice collide in the life of graduate students.The article also discusses how effective research assistantships are in imparting method, skills, attitudes and knowledge.

Looks at the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges in academic settings to create academic literature that accurately presents the truth of decolonlization struggles.

Studies found that Aboriginal resilience was greater than they could measure under specific funding projects, but that what worked with one type of adversity, in one community, may not work well in another.

Discusses a collaborative study to investigate the health and social service needs of the elderly, chronically ill and disabled.

Examines David Ahenakew's life, contributions, associations, and trials.

Forum convened to obtain feedback from community members on communicating research findings.

Study found greater desire for disclosure of researcher's intentions and goals.

Website contains general information, projects, publications, and links related to the development of Aboriginal capacity in health research.

Book review of: Alien Capital by Iyko Day.

Looks at research approach and practice for community partners, academics and funders.

Six-month mixed-methods evaluation of a mental health and well-being program which included Elders in the direct care of Indigenous patients in an inner city primary health clinic; 36 of 37 participants, from 20 different nations, described substantial benefits.

Looks at the philosophy of social work that is based upon the values of humanitarianism and egalitarianism, its values, and its practices; and examines Indigenous-based helping philosophies, theories, approaches and practices.

Discusses the legitimacy of Indigenous histories versus the Euroamerican versions.

Sections include: frequently asked questions, summary tools, basics of genetics, decisions about research, case studies, regulating research, and use of DNA for purposes of determining tribal enrollment.

Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 1998.

Updated version. Originally published 2002.

Analysis found that the disciplinary status of American Indian studies, as it was then called, suggested that Indigenous studies could retain its crossdisciplinary status or emerge as a unique discipline.

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.

Examines the role of American Indian grandparents who assume custodial responsibility of providing sole care for their grandchildren and the stressors and rewards of providing that care.

Argues that consultation and Native American input are essential for an accurate picture of their history.

Examines essentialist, postmodern and critical identity theories analyzing each to discuss American Indian identity and intellectualism.

Study identifies misunderstandings about addiction, prevention and treatment as well as cultural strengths that might be incorporated into future programs.

Discusses the challenges of first-year course completion and reveals why American Indian students are more likely to report difficulties. Recommends strategies for enhancing academic success.

Discusses development of American Indian Studies as a distinct entity within academic institutions by examining criticisms leveled against it and possible directions it might follow.

Book review of: Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Smith.

Study evaluates usefulness of methods used for dating rock art.

Discusses the use of Ancestral Knowledge Systems (AKS) to decolonize research methods and utilize many knowledge systems in academy.

Discussion of how new techniques allow genetics of extinct populations to be studied but raise ethical questions about using museum collections to gather samples.

Asserts that spirituality is central to Aboriginal approaches to social work and discusses four aspects of the relevance of other-than-human animals in spirituality: as part of kinship systems, sources of wisdom and protection, ceremonial significance and historical importance. Considers the Judeo-Christian focus of most scholarship on spirituality in social work and calls for a more decolonial, anti-oppressive practice.

Looks at process which challenged policies and procedures of provincial research ethics system and the consequent changes to governance of health research involving Indigenous communities.

Website promotes national and international Aboriginal health research that is relevant to the well-being of Aboriginal communities, with a focus on prevention of HIV/AIDS, gender and domestic violence, and diabetes and related conditions.

Resources divided under seven topic headings: resolutions, policy and law, protocols, case studies, intellectual property, traditional knowledges and climate change, and ethics and traditional knowledge. To accompany Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives.

Offers insight into the role of Innu people and the problems in obtaining reliable research information on the Innu.

Author traces the history and development of “North American Indian Place Names Studies” as a discipline in the field of anthropology; analyzes a successful model of cooperative research on Tlingit place names.

Looks at the evolving role of an anthropologist.

Discusses the difficulties of writing Indigenous history when there is a lack of communication between historians and anthropologists.

Looks at how anthropological research in a Canadian penitentiaries can provide empowerment to Indigenous inmates.

Art, Society and Culture Thesis (M.A.)--Erasmus University, 2019.