Recommendations for Good Research.
What is good research?
Not all research conducted by Indigenous researchers is Indigenous research, nor is Indigenous research only about working with an Indigenous community. Indigenous research is worldview in the way that social constructivist, feminist, or positivist research are ways of understanding what research is, what it does, and how it should be shaped.
I am inspired by research conducted by different generations of scholars who think carefully about the work they do and how they engage and transform research—quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, historic/archival—to further Indigenous self-determination and Indigenous self-development. Here are some resources I find helpful in my own work. I’m so grateful to these Indigenous and ally scholars. Isisi sulpay kayami. Urpillay sonqollay.
*Photo: Celebrates Dr. Porter Swentzell (Santa Clara), Dr. Peggy Bird (Kewa), Dr. Rachell Tenorio (Kewa), and Dr. Amanda Montoya (Taos)
Some Good Books and Articles.
On education
A Yupiaq Worldview (Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley)
Indigenous knowledge systems and Alaska Native ways of knowing (Ray Barnhardt and Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley)
To remain an Indian: Lessons in democracy from a century of Native American education (K. Tsianina Lomawaima and Teresa L. McCarty)
Indigenous Community-Based Education (Edited by Stephen May)
Handbook of Indigenous education (Edited by Elizabeth A. McKinley and Linda T. Smith)
Indigenous Education (Edited by Huia Tomlins-Jahnke, Sandra Styres, Spencer Lilley and Dawn Zinga)
Maori education: Revolution and transformative action (Graham H. Smith)
Indigenous Contributions to an Ecology of Language Learning in Latin America (Luis Enrique Lopez)
Whither decolonisation? Indigenous scholars and the problem of inclusion in the neoliberal university (Joanna Kidman)
Niños y niñas andinos en el Perú: crecer en un mundo de relaciones y responsabilidades (Patricia Ames)
Te Kotahitanga: Culturally responsive professional development for teachers (Russell Bishop and Mere Berryman)
Culturally negotiated schooling: Toward a Yup'ik mathematics (Jerry Lipka)
On environmental and earth relationships
Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa (Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri)
Basic call to consciousness (Akwesasne Notes)
The one-straw revolution (Masanobu Fukuoka)
Nature’s contributions to people in mountains: A review (Martín-López et al.)
Traditional use of medicinal plants in the boreal forest of Canada: Review and perspectives (Uprety et al.)
Spatial Justice and Indigenous Peoples' Protection of Sacred Places: Adding Indigenous Dimensions to the Conversation (June L. Lorenzo)
“It’s Always a Part of You”: The Connection Between Sacred Spaces and Indigenous/Aboriginal Health (Danelle Cooper, Treena Delormier, Maile Taualii)
On politics and peoplehood
Red Prophet (David E. Wilkins)
A Nation Rising (Edited by Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua, Ikaika Hussey, Erin Kahunawaika′ala Wright)
Contesting Development (Edited by Philip McMichael)
Modern Inquisitions (Irene Silverblatt)
Agua (José María Arguedas)
Hungry Translations (Richa Nagar, in journeys with Sangtin Kisan Mazdoor)
Ensuring the Well-Being of Pueblo and Indigenous Women Through Policy and Practice (Peggy Bird)
Overcoming Silence and Sorrow: Sami Language Revitalization in Sweden (Patricia Fjellgren & Leena Huss)
On Indigenous research
Indigenous research methodology and When research becomes a revolution (Cora Weber-Pillwax)
Kanaka ‘Oiwi Methodologies (Edited by Katrina-Ann R. Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira and Erin Kahunawaika‘ala Wright)
Decolonizing Methodologies (Linda T. Smith)
Rethinking resilience from Indigenous perspectives (Kirmayer et al.)
Research, redskins and reality (Vine Deloria, Jr.)
For those interested in publishing…
Here are some good journals that feature critical publications of Indigenous scholarship:
International Journal of Human Rights Education
Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal