Beadworking as an Indigenous Research Paradigm

In this article, I outline three principles that form the conceptual basis of an emerging Indigenous research paradigm that I call beadworking. I then relate how beadworking informs my understanding of and engagement with an Indigenous research methodology. Beadworking addresses how Indigenous Peoples’ creation of beadwork can be used to help Indigenous researchers navigate the research process, while being grounded from within an Indigenous worldview. It is my hope that in sharing my research paradigm, it will inspire other Indigenous researchers to define and articulate their own research paradigms through the unique positionality of their own Indigenous People.

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Reflexivity and the insider/outsider discourse in indigenous research: my personal experiences

AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples ◽

10.1177/1177180117729851 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 218-225 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Abukari Kwame

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Research Paradigm ◽

Research Framework ◽

Global Flows ◽

Reflexive Practice ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Indigenous Research Methodology

This article is a contribution to the ongoing discussions on who should conduct indigenous research and problematizes the notion of insider/outsider discourse in indigenous research. Drawing on my personal experiences in the form of case studies, I argue that self-locating in indigenous research is complex given that researcher self-positioning is not normally done by the researcher but through a process of negotiation with the participants. I argue that insofar as indigenous peoples, communities and problems are not islands onto themselves, immune to the current global flows, processes and barriers, indigenous research cannot be reserved only for indigenous scholars and peoples. Instead, I propose a reflexive researching model as a research framework which should be incorporated into an indigenous research methodology which both indigenous and allied non-indigenous researchers could draw upon. This demands a reflexive practice that is guided by the philosophical underpinnings of the indigenous research paradigm.

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Whatuora: Theorizing "New" Indigenous Research Methodology from "Old" Indigenous Weaving Practice

Art/Research International A Transdisciplinary Journal ◽

10.18432/ari29393 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-27

Author(s):

Hinekura Smith

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

Research Paradigms ◽

Making Sense ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Indigenous Research Methodology ◽

Ways Of Being

Despite Indigenous peoples’ deeply methodological and artistic ways of being in and making sense of our world, the notion of “methodology” has been captured by Western research paradigms and duly mystified. This article seeks to contribute to Indigenous scholarship that encourages researchers to look to our own artistic practices and ways of being in the world, theorizing our own methodologies for research from our knowledge systems to tell our stories and create “new” knowledge that will serve us in our current lived realities.I explain how I theorised a Māori [Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand] weaving practice as a decolonizing research methodology for my doctoral research (Smith, 2017) to explore the lived experiences of eight Māori mothers and grandmothers as they wove storied Māori cloaks. I introduce you to key theoreticians who contributed significantly to my work so as to encourage other researchers to look for, and listen to, the wisdom contained within Indigenous knowledge and then consider the methodologies most capable of telling our stories from our own world-views.

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He Āpiti Hono, He Tātai Hono: That Which is Joined Remains an Unbroken Line: Using Whakapapa (Genealogy) as the Basis for an Indigenous Research Framework

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education ◽

10.1017/s1326011100004002 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 86-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

James Graham

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Indigenous Identity ◽

Research Framework ◽

Research Paradigms ◽

Unbroken Line

AbstractThis paper explores the notion of whakapapa as providing a legitimate research framework for engaging in research with Māori communities. By exploring the tradition and meaning of whakapapa, the paper will legitimate how whakapapa and an understanding of whakapapa can be used by Māori researchers working among Māori communities. Therefore, emphasis is placed on a research methodology framed by whakapapa that not only authenticates Māori epistemology in comparison with Western traditions, but that also supports the notion of a whakapapa research methodology being transplanted across the Indigenous world; Indigenous peoples researching among their Indigenous communities. Consequently, Indigenous identity is strengthened as is the contribution of the concept of whakapapa to Indigenous research paradigms worldwide.

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Moving between theory and practice within an Indigenous research paradigm

Qualitative Research ◽

10.1177/1468794118781380 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 418-436 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michelle Pidgeon

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Paradigm Shift ◽

Research Process ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Research Paradigm ◽

Research Projects ◽

Practical Application ◽

Indigenous Research Methodologies

There has been a paradigm shift amongst Indigenous peoples and researchers about how research with Indigenous peoples is conceived, implemented, and articulated. The result has been referred to as the Indigenous research paradigm (Wilson, 2003) and has taken the shape of Indigenous research methodologies and processes. The purpose of this article is to discuss the tenets of the Indigenous research paradigm in relation to its practical application within two research projects conducted in higher education settings in British Columbia, Canada. In sharing how these principles are lived during the research process, it discusses how each project embodied Indigenous research processes by being respectful, relevant, responsible, and reciprocal.

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An Indigenous Research Methodology That Employs Anishinaabek Elders, Language Speakers and Women’s Knowledge for Sustainable Water Governance

Water ◽

10.3390/w12113058 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 3058

Author(s):

Susan Chiblow

Keyword(s):

Research Methodology ◽

Water Governance ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Research Paradigms ◽

Indigenous Worldviews ◽

Sustainable Water Governance ◽

Indigenous Policy ◽

Indigenous Research Methodology ◽

Indigenous Research Methodologies

Indigenous research paradigms are congruent to Indigenous worldviews and have become more dominant in areas such as Indigenous policy and education. As Indigenous research paradigms continue to gain momentum, the historical legacy of unethical research is addressed as more Indigenous communities and organizations develop their own research protocols. There is a plethora of articles explaining Indigenous research methodologies, but few examine the inclusion of the knowledge from Elders, language speakers, and Indigenous women in sustainable water governance. My Indigenous research methodology draws on the works of Indigenous scholars Shawn Wilson, Linda Smith, and Margaret Kovach, with specific focus on Wendy Geniusz’s Biskaabiiyang. My Indigenous research methodology is specific to the Anishinaabe territory of the Great Lakes region and includes Anishinaabek Elders, Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway language) speakers, and Anishinaabek women. This article seeks to contribute to Indigenous research paradigms and methods by elucidating the importance of engaging Anishinaabek Elders, Anishinaabemowin speakers, and Anishinaabek women in sustainable water governance.

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Keeoukaywin: The Visiting Way - Fostering an Indigenous Research Methodology

aboriginal policy studies ◽

10.5663/aps.v7i2.29336 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Janice Cindy Gaudet

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Good Life ◽

First Nation ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

Epistemic Relation ◽

Self Recognition ◽

Indigenous Research Methodology ◽

Ways Of Being

Decolonizing research methodologies are increasingly becoming the forefront of research with, for and/or by Indigenous peoples. This paper aims to highlight an Indigenous research methodology that emerged from a Metis researcher’s relation with Omushkego people from Moose Cree First Nation (Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada) during my doctoral research from 2012 to 2016. The contents of the article represent a decolonizing process of doing research with a broader research aim to make links between land-based pedagogy and milo pimatisiwin (good life). It is with the Omushkego people of Moose Cree First Nation and how the community itself led me to remember, to reclaim and to regenerate what I came to identity as Keeoukaywin meaning the Visiting Way. With relationality at its core, the Visiting Way - Keeoukaywin - re-centers Metis and Cree ways of being as a practical and meaningful methodology to foster milo pimatisiwin, living and being well in relation. The study shows how an Indigenous research methodology promotes self-recognition in relation to the land, history, community and values and demystifies our own epistemic relation to historical truths.

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What Does Being a Settler Ally in Research Mean? A Graduate Students Experience Learning From and Working Within Indigenous Research Paradigms

International Journal of Qualitative Methods ◽

10.1177/1609406918770485 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 160940691877048 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kathy Snow

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Narrative Inquiry ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Doctoral Dissertation ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Research Paradigms ◽

Social Contracts ◽

Indigenous Groups ◽

Institutional Expectations ◽

Conducting Research

Research with Indigenous peoples is fraught with complexity and misunderstandings. The complexity of negotiating historical and current issues as well as the misunderstandings about what the issues really mean for individuals and communities can cause non-Indigenous researchers to shy away from working with Indigenous groups. In conducting research for my doctoral dissertation, I was a novice researcher faced with negotiating two very different sets of social contracts: the Western Canadian university’s and my Indigenous participants’. Through narrative inquiry of my experience, this article explores issues of ethics, institutional expectations, and community relationships. Guided by Kirkness and Barnhardt’s “Four R’s” framework of respect, relevance, reciprocity, and responsibility, I aimed to meet the needs of both the groups, but it was not without challenges. What do you do when needs collide? This article shares my process of negotiating the research, the decisions made, and how I came to understand my role in the process as a Settler Ally. It closes with some implications for other researchers who are considering their own roles as Settler Allies.

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Grounded in Culture: Reflections on Sitting Outside the Circle in Community-Based Research With Indigenous Men

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732320960050 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (14) ◽

pp. 2343-2350

Author(s):

Candice M. Waddell ◽

Rachel V. Herron ◽

Jason Gobeil ◽

Frank Tacan ◽

Margaret De Jager ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Community Based Participatory Research ◽

Research Process ◽

Power Dynamics ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Community Members ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Research ◽

Research Paradigms ◽

Reflexive Practice

Research continues to be a dirty word for many Indigenous people. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a means to disrupt power dynamics by engaging community members within the research process. However, the majority of relationships between researcher and participants within CBPR are structured within Western research paradigms and they often reproduce imbalances of power. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the process of CBPR within a research project focused on Indigenous men’s masculinity and mental health. In doing so, we aim to contribute to reflexive practice in CBPR and flatten research hierarchies to facilitate more equitable knowledge sharing. Our reflections highlight the importance of prioritizing healing, centering cultural protocols, negotiating language, and creating space for Indigenous research partners to lead. These critical lessons challenge Western researchers to ground their practices in Indigenous culture while they “sit outside the circle” to facilitate more equitable and engaged partnerships.

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