Methodologies & Ethics

Examines the collaborative relationships to improve Native American health through community-based participatory research.

Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education; Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology Program Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.

Article suggests the need for specific genetic research policies for Indigenous people.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1975.

Recommends monetary compensation should be used in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Article critically examines the ways in which current standards around community-research partnerships tend to reinforce the colonial structures of heteronormative patriarchy, and continue to engage with Indigenous peoples as a single homogenous group. Author proposes Indigenous feminist and Indigenous women’s methodologies as a solution.

Discusses what would constitute social well being in First Nation communities.

Discussion of models to make valid assessments of measuring variables.

Protocol is comprised of six key principles: self-determination and inclusion in all stages of the research process; acting in good faith; understanding determinants of health; recognition of culture and vision and culturally-grounded research and solutions; respect for local peoples and their ways of knowing, Elders and ancestral understandings; and incorporating Two-Eyed Seeing into process.

Discusses the process used by the American Indian Higher Education Initiative to develop methods to enable institutions to meet better meet student needs.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2009.

Discusses background research associated with the authors thesis and the importance of reflecting the cultural worldview of the researcher and the participants.

Document covers: definition of conflict of interest, principles, rules regarding disclosure, enforcement, consequences breach of policy and activities of previous directors.

Distributed Learning Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2007.

Outlines overarching principals of respect for tribal sovereignty, acknowledgment of historical transgressions, importance of engagement with urban leaders, and need for continued bi-directional consultations. Also focuses on four specific topics: governance; sovereignty and consent; ethics, including institutional review boards, bio-specimen storage and access, and protection and benefits; and engagement and partnerships.

Compares three interviewing techniques: computer-assisted or self-administered questionnaire, and face to face interview.

Discusses problems associated with social research contributions to documenting, representing and interpreting indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK), local ecological knowledge (LEK), and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).

Graduate Studies Thesis / Practicum (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Authors examine the current understandings of trauma and the resulting frameworks for treatment and healing; use critical literature review to make recommendations for effective trauma treatments for residential school survivors.

Methodology designed to keep participants safe involved five components: whānau (family), wāhi haumaru (providing a safe space), whakaaro (engaging in Māori philosophies), kaitiaki (being empathetic), and hononga (building and maintaining relationships).

Author details the process of engaging local nations and communities in the planning and development of a United States National monument.

Questions how the Community Based Participatory Research principles stand up when applied to American Aboriginal communities and whether additional contextual information is necessary to understand and work with these principles.

Revision of the document Previous Possessions, New Obligations to ensure it remains relevant. Related material: Previous Possessions, New Obligations (older version). First Peoples, Connecting Custodians (new version).

Analyzes research studies that used FGDs to determine their use and good practices for future research applications.

Article focuses on intellectual property, access to information and tribunal law and policy.

Background information and research for the author's Ph.D. thesis.

Responses from three people on the theme of community health: Rose Martial, a community representative, Ann C. Macaulay, a family physician researching diabetes in Kahawake Territory and William Freeman, a professor at North West Indian College and former director of Research for the Indian Health Service (USA).

Discusses the similarities and contrasts between two research projects within an Indigenous research framework using the conversational method.

Representative from Inter-agency Human Health Review Board speaks on research practices and accountability when approaching human health research, licenses for projects and research partnerships. Duration: 12:00.

Educator discusses his move from written to oral exams/conferences in Native American literature courses as a way of incorporating Aboriginal styles of teaching and learning. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Explores link between low magnesium content of municipal water as a potential contributor to diabetes and mortality rates among Indigenous peoples.

Article examines how the artifacts and records held in ethnographic collections in Britain can, when re-examined critically, reveal additional information about historical events. Uses a Corroboree (Indigenous rite) held in 1893 as a case study to illustrate this process.

Discusses various reports that reflect the diverse engagement between Indigenous peoples and the discipline of geography.

Examines various approaches to access and analyze narratives from Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS through allyship.

Focuses on the methodological challenges and accomplishments associated with project entitled Visualizing Breast Cancer. Chapter 13 in the book Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives edited by Pranee Liamputtong.

Using research on Saskatoon Indigenous street gangs to examine the relationship between researchers and study participants and how these relationships can be used by researchers to understand their own privilege.

Study of 16 Aboriginal scholars currently or formerly employed as professors in Ontario; examines the under-representation of Indigenous scholars in the academy and especially in regard to retention. Findings illustrate the need for employment equity policy which addresses issues of recruitment and the valuation of Indigenous scholarship.

Overview of initiatives undertaken to ensure Maori control of how their children are educated.

Chronicles a blueprint for a successful partnership between the Inuvialuit and southern based anthropologists.

Chronicles the progress of the BC Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environment (ACADRE) in building research capacity by partnering with Aboriginal organizations and communities.

Discusses various aspects of the Medicine Wheel, including knowledge about human development from the mainstream paradigm and Indigenous wisdom and ways of knowing from an ecological position, thus linking human development concerns to a wholistic view.

"This book is an expanded and edited version of Canadian Ethnology Service Paper no. 30, published by the National Museum of Man in the Mercury Series in 1975".

Advocates for development of guidelines to protect a communities' interests.

Indian and Northern Program Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.

Edited by Pamela Stern & Lisa Stevenson. Includes "Participatory Anthropology in Nunavut" by Michael J. Kral and Lori Idlout and "Cultural Survival and Trade in Inglulingmiut Traditions" by Nancy Wachowich.