Ch 7: Indigenous Peoples

Question 1

Self-location

Answer 1

Sharing about your group, community, culture, epistemology; makes researcher aware of their perspective and power

Question 2

Indigenous worldviews

Answer 2

Knowledge is shared, humans are one aspect of the universe where every entity shares space and is interconnected, research is shared with all, relational.

Question 3

Cultural grounding

Answer 3

Recognizing that culture permeates research at many levels

Question 4

Two-eyed seeing

Answer 4

Learning to see through one eye with strengths of indigenous knowledges/ways of knowing, and through other eye with strengths of western knowledges/ways of knowing; use both eyes together for benefit of all

Question 5

Ownership

Answer 5

A community/group owns information/data/cultural knowledge collectively

Question 6

Status Indians

Answer 6

Indigenous peoples who are registered under the Indian Act

Question 7

Treaty Indians

Answer 7

Status Indians who belong to a First Nation that signed a treaty with the crown

Question 8

Colonialism

Answer 8

Development of institutions and policies by European imperial and euro-American settler governments toward indigenous peoples

Question 9

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Answer 9

Tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoings in hopes of resolving many of these issues

Question 10

4 R’s: respect

Answer 10

Understanding and practicing community protocols; honouring indigenous knowledge and ways of being; reflective and non-judgemental

Question 11

4 R’s: responsibility

Answer 11

Recognize one’s connections to various communities; seek to develop and sustain credible relationships

Question 12

4 R’s: relevance

Answer 12

Ensure research is responsive to needs identified by indigenous communities; involve indigenous communities in designing academic curriculum

Question 13

4 R’s: reciprocity

Answer 13

Shared knowledge and learning; learning together