ABSTRACT
Indigenist research, although only recently acknowledged by academia, has existed for as long as Indigenous folks have been around. Once relationships are developed through an Indigenist research method, the authors become accountable to these relationships and must ensure their proper usage. Building these relationships and maintaining relational accountability are the essence of neyo way in ik issi that informs all that they do, including how they do research. The World Indigenous Peoples Conference in Education was held in Wollongong, Australia, that year, bringing Indigenous peoples from around the globe together to share new academic and cultural educational research, teaching practices, and curricula. Of extreme importance to place-based research is the translation of research results back to the community. There are also some cautionary notes to make about data-and research-based decision making at a governance level of a school if community- or place-based processes are not utilized.
