Methodologies & Ethics

Book review of: Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches edited by Leslie Brown and Susan Strega.

Book review of: Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches edited by Leslie Brown and Susan Strega.

Three considerations: should research be conducted?, how does perspective affect research, and need for inclusion of ethical research principles.

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.

Explores major themes identified by interviewing 15 participants regarding research and researchers. Behavioural Science Honours Dissertation --University of Notre Dame, Australia, 2008.

Traces the development of principles and guidelines for the conduct of scientific research in the Arctic.

Analyzes previous studies and concludes that there is a need for further research to determine the ways in which information is gathered, processed, stored and used by Inuit and other Aboriginal cultural groups.

Book review of: Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods by Shawn Wilson.

Discusses using a research paradigm based on ethnography as an appropriate approach to understanding First Nations health. Provides case studies..

Looks at a benefit of discussing the misalliance of the Barrow Alcohol Survey affair.

Discusses changes in perspective of the Sami people and their participation in research projects as a researcher as well as the subject of the research.

Focuses on the women in mining towns who are often in marginal economic and social positions.

Reflections on the authors experiences as a non-Aboriginal researcher interviewing five Aboriginal women about parental role in school improvement.

Report primarily based on semi-structured interviews with six Indigenous faculty members. Outlines methodology and discusses findings, including: resources used, current gaps in resources and services, community members' lack of access, experiences with librarians/archivists, and research-related issues. Seven recommendations are made.

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.

In webinar, representative from the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) discusses organization's development and purpose, the issue of data sovereignty, the principles of OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access and Possession) and their implications for researchers. Duration: 49:31.

In this opinion piece the author reflects on the shifting ethics in social sciences research in Indigenous communities; referring to his previous work in Custer Died for Your Sins, Deloria provides commentary that highlights relationship and reciprocity as fundamental to research in Aboriginal communities.

Overview of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana and the search for a Gros Ventre Elder to conduct community action research with.

Review of current literature regarding ethical research practices in Aboriginal communities.

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).

Discusses five topics: suggested core values, value and validity of Indigenous knowledge, cultural aspects of research, stewardship of information, sovereignty, and benefits of research.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2008.

Lists several initiatives researching Métis health in Alberta. Includes Agreement struck by Metis Nation of Alberta, Alberta government and Canada.

Suggests that the creation of place-based learning communities will engage researchers and indigenous people as collaborators in the process of knowledge production.

Related material: Supporting Indigenous Researchers: A Practical Guide for Supervisors.

Examines the Native American population in Southern California and the significant amount of research which has been conducted in the area, concentrating on the Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.

Provides examples from research project Both Ways and offers advice on how to conduct cross-cultural research.

Looks at policies from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.

Stresses Indigenous research in regard to ownership of cultural artifacts within the Treaty relationship.

Research discovers that differing interests of the community and researcher are both met in the course of investigations.

Describes how a culturally sensitive research process is important when exploring Indigenous issues.

Brief overview of issues pertaining to Aboriginal research specifically for an Indigenous woman researcher.

Article discusses the basis for and challenges of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s upcoming mandate that all residency programs implement a cultural safety training component.

Canadian Studies Thesis (MA)--Carleton University, 2020.

Outlines structure of study to assess exposure of basket weavers to three herbicides used in forest vegetation management.

Looks at the research focusing on the strengths of four urban Aboriginal women, including a critique of the Western concept definition of resilience, and the process of resilience from the cultural framework of the Medicine Wheel, while applying post-colonial Indigenous epistemological and methodological approaches.

Looks at process used by the Research Ethics Board to assess Indigenous focused or Indigenous led research.

Author speaks about specific experiences and challenges with teaching Aboriginal spirituality.

Defines what is meant by Indigenous research and reports on the methodologies used in the development of a research program for Indigenous women's health.

Examines how different types of assessment methods as well as interviewer's gender, ethnicity and residency can effect responses.

Discusses ways in which the new Master's program can meet the research needs of communities.

Describes the Pawnee/Otoe-Missouria writer's 1988 novel challenging academic agendas and ethics concerning display and ownership of human remains. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 85.

Uses this meeting to illustrate the differences between Aboriginal and European ways of constructing knowledge and interpreting past events.

Research project that examines social work education and the professional needs, in terms of curriculum, of the Kahnawake and Kanehsatake communities.

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.

Story-telling review of the poem Tricksters of Aboriginal Research: Or How to Use Ethical Review Strategies to Perpetuate Cultural Genocide.