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One Indigenous Academic’s Evolution: A Personal Narrative of Native Health Research and Competing Ways of Knowing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Suzanne L. Stewart

First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 57-65

Looks at a personal narrative about a community-based project that explores perceptions, beliefs and experiences regarding mental health and healing from an Indigenous perspective.

One Story of a Spiritual Research Journey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Ross Hoffman

Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 122-136,155

Looks at two forms of learning, a traditional community-based spiritual journey, and the academic pursuit of the knowledge related to Indigenous research.

Opportunities in Aboriginal Research: Results of SSHRC's Dialogue on Research and Aboriginal Peoples

Alternate Title

Opportunities in Aboriginal Research: Results of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's Dialogue ...

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Craig McNaughton

Daryl Rock

Presents the results of the study which identified Aboriginal research as a priority area.

Opportunities in Aboriginal Research: Results of SSHRC's Dialogue on Research and Aboriginal Peoples

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Craig McNaughton

Daryl Rock

JustResearch, no. 15, 2008, pp. 27-36

Results from talking with people from Aboriginal, academic, government and non-governmental organizations. On one pdf. Scroll down to page 27 to read article.

Oral Health of Adults in Northern Norway: A Pilot Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Sarah M. Adekoya

Magritt Brustad

Norsk Epidemiologi, vol. 22, no. 1, Oral Helse, 2012, pp. 31-38

Presents results of pilot study to develop and test tools for a larger epidemiological study of oral health.

Oral History and Ethical Practice: Towards Effective Policies and Procedures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Nancy Janovicek

Journal of Academic Ethics, vol. 4, no. 1-4, Ethics Trapeze, 2006, pp. 157-174

Looks at how Canadian ethics policies affect historians research involving oral histories and privately held records of Aboriginal peoples; and examines recommendations for developing ethics policies that accord with historical methodology.

Oral History Methods in Native Studies: Saskatchewan Aboriginal World War Two Veterans

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Rob Innes

Oral History Forum, vol. 19-20, Indigenous Voices from the Great Plains, 1999-2000, pp. [63]-88

Discusses different approaches to oral history, illustrates three different communication styles and excerpts of interviews with three individuals.

Oral Tradition as History

E-Books

Author/Creator

Jan Vansina

Our Nations on the Edge of a New Century: B.C. First Nations Regional Health Survey

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Marlene R. Atleo

Data from the 1997 National First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey and the British Columbia Focus Group Study.

"Our Responsibility to Keep The Land Alive": Voices of Northern Indigenous Researchers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Deborah McGregor

Walter Bayha

Deborah Simmons

Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 101-123

Looks at the Research the Indigenous Way workshop, held at the Northern Governance Policy Research Conference in November 2009, where a discussion of Indigenous methodologies took place.

Our Voice, Our Survey, Our Future: The "Survey of Choice" by First Nations in Canada!: Presentation to the Workshop on Data Collection and Disaggregation on Indigenous ...

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Jane Gray

Valerie Gideon

Ceal Tournier

Brian Schnarch

Information on First Nations Longitudinal Regional Health Survey.

Out of the Melting Pot, into the Nationalist Fires: Native American Literary Studies in Europe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Deborah Madsen

American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 353-371

Discusses the national, multiethnic, universal, and postcolonial limitations and possibilities of work in Indigenous studies throughout Europe and the United States.

Outsider Research: How White Writers "Explore" Native Issues, Knowledge, and Experiences

Theses

Author/Creator

Susanne Elizabeth Dabulskis

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1997.

Outsider Research in Social Work: Thoughts, Challenges, Experience

Theses

Author/Creator

Helen Lynn Bzdel

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Regina, 2012.

Outsourcing Reconciliation: The Government of Canada's #IndigenousReads Campaign and the Appropriation of Indigenous Intellectual Labor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Pauline Wakeham

Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 1-30

Author examines the #IndigenousReads campaign, considering it as a case study of reconciliatory gestures made by the Canadian Government; points out that reconciliation projects rely too heavily on the work of Indigenous writers and scholars, and fail to build cross-cultural relationships.

Overcoming Adversity: The Stories of Four Resilient Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Theses

Author/Creator

Lyndsay Knorr

Educational Psychology and Special Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Overcoming Hindrances to Our Enduring Responsibility to the Ancestors: Protecting Traditional Cultural Places

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Desireé Reneé Martinez
[Desiree Renee Martinez]

American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 486-503

Author uses terms and language from social and cognitive psychology to describe the processes of building successful collaborative relationships between archaeologists and the communities they engage with.

Overview and Methodology: 2009/2010 Nunavut Housing Needs Survey

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Nunavut Bureau of Statistics

Provides general information about the survey and the procedure used to conduct the survey.

Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre

Brief document answers some of the most common questions regarding the OCAP™ approach to First Nations' information governance over research conducted in their communities.

Pacific University Graduates in New Zealand: What Helps and Hinders Completion

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Reremoana Theodore

Mele Taumoepeau

Karen Tustin

Megan Gollop

Charlotte Unasa

AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 138-146

Study asks 365 Pacific University Graduates to identify factors that helped or hindered them with the completion of their degrees. Participant identified external, institutional, and personal factors that either supported or interfered with their completion.

Painted Memory, Painted Totems

Alternate Title

Painted Wood: History and Conservation. Part Five: Ethical Considerations

E-Books » Chapters

Author/Creator

Andrew Todd

Discusses issues surrounding conservation, preservation, and restoration of totem poles from the Pacific Northwest. Chapter from: Painted Wood: History and Conservation edited by Valerie Dorge and F. Carey Howlett.

Pangnirtung Inuit and the Greenland Shark: Co-producing Knowledge of a Little Discussed Species

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Carlos Julián Idrobo

Fikret Berkes

Human Ecology, vol. 40, 2012, pp. 405-414

Combining Indigenous and western knowledge to better understand the Greenland Shark from the Baffin Island area.

Part II: Working Together in the Circle: Challenges and Possibilities Within Mental Health Ethics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Cyndy Baskin

Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, vol. 2, no. 2, November 2007, pp. 1-4

Discusses Aboriginal and Western service providers working together with those with mental health struggles.

Participation as Social Science Method and Theory: Indigenous Response in the Mackenzie Delta

Theses

Author/Creator

Peggy Martin Brizinski

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1989.

Participatory Action Research and Health Promotion: The Grandmothers' Story

Theses

Author/Creator

Geraldine Dickson

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1997.

Participatory Action Research and Researcher's Responsibilities: An Experience With an Indigenous Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Ranjan Datta

Nyojy U. Khyang

Hla Kray Prue Khyang

Hla Aung Prue Kheyang

Mathui Ching Khyang ... [et al.]

International Journal of Social Research Methodology, vol. 18, no. 6, November 2015, pp. 581-599

Looks at how the relational methodology was applied during a study conducted in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.

Participatory Action Research: Exploring Indigenous Youth Perspectives and Experiences

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Suzanne L. Stewart

Yellowknife Dene

Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2009

Looks at data from a participatory action research project to identify and analyze current and future ethical needs associated with conducting psychological research with Aboriginal youth.

Participatory Action Research in Native Communities: Cultural Opportunities and Legal Implications

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Tony Hoare

Chris Levy

Michael P. Robinson

The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 1993, pp. 43-68

Examines the viability of participatory action research (PAR) as a tool for collecting Indigenous knowledge evidence for use in negotiation and litigation of land claims and related issues.

Participatory Public Health Research: The Process of Community Engagement in Research Partnerships

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Frederick Marais

Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 77-106

Describes research design which included members of migrant community, key stakeholders, and academic researchers as partners in all phases of process.

Participatory Video Making for Research and Health Promotion in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities: Methodological and Ethical Implications

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Craig Sinclair

Peter Keelan

Samuel Stokes

Annette Stokes

Christine Jeffries-Stokes

International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 2015, pp. 2-16

Comments on the use of the participatory video method to engage children in remote Aboriginal communities to participate in health research.

Participatory Visual Methods for American Indian Communities and Mental Health Conversations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Allyson Kelley

LaDawn Kay Medicine Bull

Gary LaFranier

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 1, 2016, pp. 47-64

Explored the use of visual methods as a methodology to uncover experiences, knowledge and context of mental health and substance abuse.

Partnering With American Indian Communities in Strength-Based Collaborative Health Research: Guiding Principles From the Fort Peck Ceremony of Research Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Elizabeth Rink

Elizabeth Ann R. Bird

Kris Fourstar

Adriann Ricker

Winona Runs-Above/Meyers

Rachel Hallum-Montes

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 187-205

Findings address relationship building and maintenance, inclusion of Tribal members in research design, respect for Tribal values, beliefs and customs in research process, and the reciprocity of research to assist in promotion of favourable experiences for communities.

Partnerships with Aboriginal Researchers: Hidden Pitfalls and Cultural Pressures

Alternate Title

Scholar Series (Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy)

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Douglas Durst

Advocates good research practices, accommodation of community values and ethics which will inform policy and program development.

A Path Forward: Toward Respectful Governance of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Data Housed at CIHI

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Explains how the institute is working toward aligning its organizational policies and procedures with the principle of Indigenous data sovereignty. "Updated August 2020".

The Path of Creating Co-Researchers in the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Jessica Dieter

Lauren T. McKim

Jenna Tickell

Carrie A. Bourassa

Jaime Lavallee

International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, October 2018, p. Article 1

Examines current best practices for providing culturally-safe health care services, and conducting health research with Indigenous communities, and discusses a community-based research project which explored community members’ knowledge of and experience with dementia.

A Pathway to Restoration: From Child Protection to Community Wellness

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Gerard Bellefeuille

Frances Ricks

Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003, pp. 23-43

Looks at the traditional protection paradigm under which Aboriginal agencies are required to operate and the Aboriginal vision for an alternative child welfare model that emphasize community and wellness.

Pathways to Understanding: "Wâhkôhtowin" as a Research Methodology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Kathleen O'Reilly-Scanlon

Christine Crowe

Angelina Weenie

McGill Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, 2004, pp. 29-44

Describes how researchers incorporated the concept of Wâhkôhtowin, which means kinship or the state of being and is fundamental for understanding Indigenous culture, into their research project comparing Indigenous and non-Indigenous literacy learning.

Patterns in Cancer Incidence among American Indians/Alaska Natives, United States, 1992-1999

Alternate Title

Patterns in Cancer Incidence Among American Indians / Alaska Natives, United States, 1992-1999

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Dina N. Paltoo

Kenneth C. Chu

Public Health Reports, vol. 119, no. 4, July-August 2004, pp. 443-451

Findings provide a baseline for developing disease specific prevention and intervention strategies.

The Pedagogy of the Professionals and Practitioners in the Natural and Applied Sciences: The Case of the Aboriginal Professional Class

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Jonathan Anuik

First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, pp. 121-138

Contends that in addition to recruitment and retention of Aboriginal practitioners, educators must examine indicators that define membership and address the myth of equal opportunity.

The People in Between: Indian-White Marriage and the Genesis of a Métis Society and Culture in the Great Lakes Region, 1680-1830

Theses

Author/Creator

Jacqueline Louise Peterson

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1981.

Peoplehood: A Model for the Extension of Sovereignty in American Indian Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Tom Holm

J. Diane Pearson and Ben Chavis

Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 7-24

Presents and defines an applied model of peoplehood, with a functional definition that could be applied to both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

The Peoplehood Matrix: A New Theory for American Indian Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Billy J. Stratton

Frances Washburn

Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 51-72

Examines the use of the Peoplehood Matrix theory to analyze the dynamic and complex nature of Native American literature, arguing it is also a litmus test for determining the health of any given community.

Perceptions of Digital Libraries With Indigenous Knowledge: An Exploratory Study

Theses

Author/Creator

Debra Lynn Capponi

Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Tennessee, 2010.

Performance Measurement, Development Indicators and Aboriginal Economic Development

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Mike Lewis

R. A. Lockhart

Report finds low accountability and confusing and inadequate performance measures by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in regards to economic development.

Performing Arts: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Performing Arts

E-Books

Author/Creator

[Terri Janke]

2nd edition.

Personal Reflections of a Project Officer: Working With Gudaga

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Heidi Sainsbury

Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, March/April 2009, pp. 4-5

Briefly expresses author's experience with an Indigenous birth cohort study in an area southwest of Australia's largest city, Sydney.

Perspective: Issues in Evaluating Fish Consumption Rates for Native American Tribes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Jamie Donatuto

Barbara L. Harper

Risk Analysis, vol. 28, no. 6, 2008, pp. 1497-1506

Argues that risk assessment methods which were developed to estimate maximum safe exposures for the general population are not adequate when dealing with populations that rely more heavily on hunting, fishing and trapping as primary food sources.