Methodologies & Ethics

Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.

Discusses the National Endowment for the Humanities' recently adopted code for awarding research grants in the field of Native American cultural studies. Includes text of code.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1992.

Looks at teacher-student interaction patterns in an inner-city kindergarten classroom where the majority were of Ojibway and Cree ancestry.

Author explores the ways that historical conservatism shapes the inclusion of Sámi people and communities in the national narrative of Finland. Argues that the Sámi remain marginalized, and that their agency, sovereignty, and inclusion is minimized by the mainstream discourses of history.

Book review of: Cultural Property Acquisitions by Aimée L. Taberner. Review located by scrolling to page 245.

Goal of document is to help clarify what protocols are, their uses, and how they can be developed by communities and local organizations to address issues of access, control and ownership of Indigenous knowledge.

Developed to bridge the gap between between film and television personnel and Aboriginal people and communities and their customs.

Highlights the importance of incorporating the Ojibwa's cultural history in the analysis of their sacred stories and explores the variety and many versions of stories regarding Anishinaabe myth.

Examines one of the difficulties with beginning cultural initiatives that depend on support from the government and other agencies.

Research project uses community-based research methodology to collect data from residents of Fort Simpson and Deline, NWT. Thematic analysis shows that individual communities require tailored interventions to improve boating safety.

Focuses on three questions: what is culturally competent evaluation, what does this type of evaluation look like, what approaches have been found to be most effective, and what gaps remain to be addressed?

Describes the collective experiences of those who support appropriate research methods in working with Native peoples

Application of process is meant to ensure equity in participation, balanced communication and equality in results when engaging with Aboriginal women.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2005.

Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2018.

Argues that a different perspective than the standard Western viewpoint is needed when conducting research with Aboriginal families.

Looks at the benefits of using community-based participatory research when researching culturally sensitive topics like early education experiences.

An examination of the methodologies for conducting HIV research in Métis communities.

Describes a community-based, participatory research project in which six urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health organizations in northern California partnered to adapt the Canadian-developed Cultural Connectedness Scale for use in California. Reviews the process and provides information for localized adaptations.

Discusses the current scientific thought towards convergence between western science and Native worldview. Scroll down to access article.

Discussion on racism between health care professionals and Native patients.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.

Response to accusations of biases in one researchers annotated bibliography, which was made up of approximately 1,325 items, regarding the Iroquois’ role in the development of democracy.

Discusses context of collection and use, and issues of data quality, jurisdiction, content, and community resources and capacity for access. Includes solutions and case studies under each topic.

Ceramic style of dating technique, used in Europe, is applied to Pawnee pottery to assist in analysis.

Author comments on the locations of Inuit Studies Conferences and suggests that future ones be held in Inuit communities to better disperse conference developments.

Looks at a Anishinaabe methodology, involving "circle of the heart" and "circle of the mind" knowledge, used for dissertation research.

Discusses the positive impacts of incorporating Indigenous perspectives on truth, academic freedom and tenure and approaches to scholarship into practices in post-secondary institutions.

Looks at strategic and convergence Indigenous methodologies as well as Traditional knowledge systems.

Suggests that using Just War theory as a framework may help to attain peace between the state and Indigenous peoples.

Discusses how using Indigenous systems of knowledge, as the basis of research, can aid in the understanding of Indigenous cultural worlds.

Discusses Indigenous research methods through the example of stories told to the author by her mother.

Authors offer a decolonial critique of academic attribution practices arguing that they maintain the Euro-centric hierarchies of knowledge production. They argue for the decolonizing attribution by reevaluating the process through Indigenous lenses of kinship and connection to land.

Looks at ways of valuing and using Indigenous knowledge on an equal footing with Western methods, and integrating the two when appropriate. Explores issues such as disconnection from practice, unclear researcher responsibility, forms of neutrality, and overlooking participants cultural protocols.

Explores arts-based research methods.

Describes a research project at the University of Saskatchewan which challenges Eurocentric views.

Examines how cultural and traditional Aboriginal knowledge can improve social work and human service field education for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.

Article highlights trends in Australian archaeology, focusing on how language is used to disempower Indigenous Australians, Indigenous cultural sovereignty and the results of treating research as shared property.

Study looks at how to create culturally safe research methods for improving health equity; stresses that trust is the overarching theme fundamental to cultural safety, and that this trust is built by accommodating and engaging cultural and community practices and knowledges.

Response to a lecture given by Linda Tuhiwai Smith on the anniversary of her book, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples.

Discusses decolonizing the research process, beginning with how researchers engage with Indigenous communities; challenges the mainstream scientific idea that there is a “single truth to be discovered and that scientific knowledge is far more valuable than subjective or experiential knowledge.”

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

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

Sociology and Equity Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Toronto, 2008.

Chapter 9 from book: Qualitative Strategies for Ethnocultural Research edited by Donna K. Nagata, Laura Kohn-Wood, and Lisa A. Suzuki. Recommendations for improving the quality of qualitative research.

Webinar presenter discusses Two-Spirit identity and the differences between that and non-Indigenous concepts and understandings of LGBTQI, the Two-Spirit Dry Lab, practical advice on best practices, and recently published guidance. Duration: 47:52.