Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships

Scholars understand what Indigenous research is, but how we practice Indigenous research ethically and respectfully in Canada is under exploration. This ground-breaking edited collection provides readers with concrete and in-depth examples of how to overcome the challenges of Indigenous research with respect to Indigenous worldviews, epistemologies, and ontology. In collaboration with their communities, and with guidance from Elders and other traditional knowledge keepers, each contributor links their personal narrative of Indigenous research to current discussions and debates. Accessible in nature, this interdisciplinary research tool is an essential read for all students and scholars in Indigenous Studies, as well as in the education, anthropology, sociology, and history research methodology classroom.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Relationships, Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity and Responsibility: Taking Up Indigenous Research Approaches Rochelle Johnston, Deborah McGregor and Jean-Paul Restoule Part I: The Research Is the Process: Research Journeys Inside and Out Chapter 1 miyo pimâtisiwin: (Re)claiming Voice with Our Original Instructions Karlee D. Fellner Chapter 2 Learning to Unlearn: Building Relationships on Anishinaabeg Territory Katrina Srigley and Autumn Varley Chapter 3 Research Tales with Txeemsim (Raven, the trickster) Amy Parent Part II: Making Space for Indigenous Research Chapter 4 Wise Indigenous Woman Approaches to Research: Navigating Jagged Ethical Tensions and Micro-Aggressions in the Academy Shelly Johnson Chapter 5 Healing and Transformative Learning Through Indigenous Methodologies Karen Hall and Erin Cusack Chapter 6 A Tale of Two Drums: Kinoo’amaadawaad Megwaa Doodamawaad – “They are learning with each other while they are doing” Paul Cormier and Lana Ray Part III: Communities We Research With Chapter 7 Conducting Community Based Research in First Nation Communities Lorrilee McGregor Chapter 8 Aboriginal Children in Toronto – Working Together to Improve Services Angela Mashford-Pringle Chapter 9 Applying Indigenous Health Community-Based Participatory Research Darrel Manitowabi and Marion Maar Part IV: Our Tools for Research Chapter 10 Anishinaabe Research Theory and Methodology as Informed by Nanaboozhoo, the Bundle Bag, and the Medicine Wheel Nicole Bell Chapter 11 Storytelling and Narrative Inquiry – Exploring Research Methodologies Georgina Martin Chapter 12 Treaty #3: A Tool for Empowering Diverse Scholar to Engage in Indigenous Research Brittany Luby with Rachel Arsenault, Joseph Burke, Michelle Graham, and Toni Valenti Chapter 13 Working to Protect the Water: Stories of Connection and Transformation Paige Restoule, Carly Dokis, and Benjamin Kelly Part V: Destinations – Where Research Can Take Us Chapter 14 Towards an Anishinaabe Research Paradigm: Theory and Practice Deborah McGregor Chapter 15 A Story Pathway: Restoring Wholeness in the Research Process Nicole Penak Chapter 16 Healing Research: Relationalism in Urban Indigenous Health Knowledge Production Heather A. Howard Chapter 17 Researching Within Relations of Violence: Witnessing as Methodology Sarah Hunt Epilogue – Indigenous Research: Future Directions Deborah McGregor Indigenous Research Resources Contributor Biographies Index

About the Author :
Deborah McGregor is an Associate Professor and currently holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Law School and Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. Jean-Paul Restoule is an Associate Professor of Aboriginal Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto. Rochelle Johnston is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.