Applying Indigenous Research Methods: Storying with Peoples and Communities

195 Pages·2019·4.364 MB·English

by  Sweeney Windchief, Timothy San Pedro

APPLYING INDIGENOUS RESEARCH
METHODS
ApplyingIndigenousResearchMethodsfocusesonthequestionof“How”Indigenous
ResearchMethodologies(IRMs)canbeusedandtaughtacrossIndigenousstudies
and education.
In this collection, Indigenous scholars address the importance of IRMs in their
own scholarship,while focusing conversationsontheapplicationwithothers.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.
ApplyingIndigenousResearch Methodsisaninterdisciplinaryshowcase oftheways
IRMs can enhance scholarship in fields including education, Indigenous studies,
settler colonial studies, social work, qualitative methodologies, and beyond.
Sweeney Windchief is a member of the Fort Peck Tribes (Assiniboine) in
Montana and is an Assistant Professor of Adult and HigherEducation at Montana
State University, USA.
Timothy San Pedro is Filipino-American and grew up on the Flathead Indian
Reservation in Western Montana. He is an Assistant Professor of Multicultural
and Equity Studies in Education at The Ohio State University, USA.
INDIGENOUS AND DECOLONIZING STUDIES
IN EDUCATION
Series Editors: Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang
Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education
Mapping the Long View
edited by Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, Eve Tuck, and K. Wayne Yang
Applying Indigenous Research Methods
Storying with Peoples and Communities
edited by Sweeney Windchief and Timothy San Pedro
Indigenous Children’s Survivance in Public Schools
Leilani Sabzalian
APPLYING INDIGENOUS
RESEARCH METHODS
Storying with Peoples and
Communities
Edited by Sweeney Windchief and
Timothy San Pedro
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CONTENTS
Foundational Quote ix
Series Editor Introduction x
Eve Tuck [Unangax] and K. Wayne Yang
Preface xiv
Sweeney Windchief [Nakóna] and Timothy San Pedro
Acknowledgments xxvi
PARTI
Palm Upwards: “Reaching Back to Receive Lessons” 1
1 Hands Back, Hands Forward for Indigenous Storywork as
Methodology 3
Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem [Stó:lo- and St’at’imc] and
Amy Parent Nox Ayaaw´ilt [Nisga’a]
2 Community Relationships within Indigenous Methodologies 21
Elizabeth Fast [Métis/Mennonite] and Margaret Kovach [Plains
Cree/Saulteaux/member of Treaty Four in southern Saskatchewan]
3 K’é and Tdayp-tday-gaw: Embodying Indigenous Relationality
in Research Methods 37
Leola Roberta Rainbow Tsinnajinnie [Diné/Filipina and accepted
into Santa Ana Pueblo], Robin Starr Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn
[Kiowa/Apache/Umatilla/Nez Perce/Assiniboine], and Tiffany
S. Lee [Dibé Łizhiní Diné/Oglala Lakota]
viii Contents
PARTII
Palm Downwards: “The Challenge and Opportunity to
Live These Teachings” 55
4 Enacting Indigenous Research Methods: Centering Diné
Epistemology to Guide the Process 57
Valerie J. Shirley [Diné] and Deidra Angulo [Diné]
5 Research Before and After the Academy: Learning
Participatory Indigenous Methods 76
Sandi Wemigwase [Waganakising Odawa] and Eve Tuck [Unangax]
6 Indigenous Methodologies in Graduate School:
Accountability, Relationships, and Tensions 86
Daniel Piper [White], Jacob Jacobe [White], Rose Yazzie [Diné],
and Dolores Calderon [Tigua/Mexican]
PARTIII
Palms Joined: “Responsibility to Pass Those Teachings to
Others” 101
7 Indigenous Teachers: At the Cross-Roads of Applying
Indigenous Research Methodologies 103
Jeremy Garcia [Hopi/Tewa], Samuel Tenakhongva [Hopi], and
Bryant Honyouti [Hopi]
8 Re-centering Tribally-Specific Research Methodologies
within Dominant Academic Systems 122
Michael M. Munson [Séliš, Q´lispé, and non-Native ancestries] and
Timothy San Pedro
9 Moʻolelo: Continuity, Stories, and Research in Hawaiʻi 138
Sunnie Kaikala Ma-kua [‘O-iwi Hawai‘i], Manulani Aluli Meyer
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[‘Oiwi Hawai‘i], and Lynette Lokelani Wakinekona
-
[‘Oiwi Hawai‘i]
Afterword: To Be an Indigenous Scholar
150
Cornel Pewewardy [Comanche-Kiowa]
List of Contributors 154
Index 160
FOUNDATIONAL QUOTE
“Weextendourleftpalmupwards,tosymbolizereachingbacktoreceiveteachings
fromtheAncestors and thosewhohavetravelled beforeus. Wearegiven thechal-
lenge and opportunity to live these teachings. We also have a responsibility to pass
thoseteachingstootherswhomay alsobetheyoungergeneration,whichisshown
when we put our right palm downwards. In the circle, we join hands in respect,
reverence,andcooperation.”
Vincent Slogan,Musqueam FirstNation Elder(re-storied byJo-annArchibald)