ABSTRACT

Applying Indigenous Research Methods focuses on the question of "How" Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRMs) can be used and taught across Indigenous studies and education.

In this collection, Indigenous scholars address the importance of IRMs in their own scholarship, while focusing conversations on the application with others. Each chapter is co-authored to model methods rooted in the sharing of stories to strengthen relationships, such as yarning, storywork, and others. The chapters offer a wealth of specific examples, as told by researchers about their research methods in conversation with other scholars, teachers, and community members.

Applying Indigenous Research Methods is an interdisciplinary showcase of the ways IRMs can enhance scholarship in fields including education, Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, social work, qualitative methodologies, and beyond.

part I|2 pages

Palm Upwards: “Reaching Back to Receive Lessons”

part II|2 pages

Palm Downwards: “The Challenge and Opportunity to Live These Teachings”

chapter 4|19 pages

Enacting Indigenous Research Methods

57Centering Diné Epistemology to Guide the Process

chapter 5|10 pages

Research Before and After the Academy

Learning Participatory Indigenous Methods

chapter 6|15 pages

Indigenous Methodologies in Graduate School

Accountability, Relationships, and Tensions

part III|2 pages

Palms Joined: “Responsibility to Pass Those Teachings to Others”

chapter 7|19 pages

Indigenous Teachers

103At the Cross-Roads of Applying Indigenous Research Methodologies

chapter 9|12 pages

Moʻolelo

Continuity, Stories, and Research in Hawaiʻi

chapter |4 pages

Afterword

To Be an Indigenous Scholar