ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I explore approaches to research that explicitly consider the relationships between Western and Indigenous methodologies. In so doing, I engage with various interpretations of Homi Bhabha’s (1994) Third Space, métissage, and other articulations of hybridity as discussed by a variety of scholars from distinct cultural and epistemological perspectives in relation to Indigenous methodologies. I reflexively revisit some of my own past work in this context as a Métis scholar in Canada of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry as well as that of several leading and emerging Indigenous scholars. This line of inquiry concludes with presentation of inspiring examples and discussion of the implications for research in Indigenous environmental studies with a specific focus on the interconnected areas of natural resource management, land-based tourism, outdoor leadership, and education. Through this discussion, I aim to contribute to the relatively limited (Neilsen & Wilson, 2012), but growing, collection of Indigenous voices in tourism studies and related fields.
